of clothes in it and stood aside to rest a second . Burying his clothes was not a symbol to him of burying his former self ; he only knew he wouldn ’ t need them any more . As soon as he got his breath , he pushed
the displaced dirt over the hole and stamped it down with his foot . He discovered while he did this that
he still had his shoes on , and when he finished , he removed them and threw them from him . Then he
picked up the loose bulky object and shook it vigorously .
In the uncertain light , one of his lean white legs could be seen to disappear and then the other , one arm
and then the other : a black heavier shaggier figure replaced his . For an instant , it had two heads , one
light and one dark , but after a second , it pulled the dark back head over the other and corrected this . It
busied itself with certain hidden fastenings and what appeared to be minor adjustments of its hide .
For a time after this , it stood very still and didn ’ t do anything . Then it began to growl and beat its chest ;
it jumped up and down and flung its arms and thrust its head forward . The growls were thin and
uncertain at first but they grew louder after a second . They became low and poisonous , louder again ,
low and poisonous again ; they stopped altogether . The figure extended its hand , clutched nothing , and
shook its arm vigorously ; it withdrew the arm , extended it again , clutched nothing , and shook . It