Why don’t you shoot him?” “No shoot,” says Friday, “no yet; me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh:” and, indeed, so he did; for when the bear saw his enemy gone, he came back from the bough, where he stood, but did it very cautiously, looking behind him every step, and coming backward till he got into the body of the tree, then, with the same hinder end foremost, he came down the tree, grasping it with his claws, and moving one foot at a time, very leisurely.
Pourquoi ne tirez-vous pas?»--«Pas tirer, répliqua-t-il, pas encore; moi tirer maintenant, moi non tuer; moi rester, moi donner vous encore un rire.»--Ce qu'il fit en effet, comme on le verra tout-à-l'heure. Quand l'ours vit son ennemi délogé, il déserta de la branche où il se tenait, mais excessivement lentement, regardant derrière lui à chaque pas et marchant à reculons, jusqu'à ce qu'il eût gagné le corps de l'arbre.