How the leopard got his spots

u look closely at any Leopard now you will see that there are always five spotsoff five fat black finger-tips.
`Now you are a beauty!` said the Ethiopian. `You can lie out on the bare ground and look like a heap of pebbles. You can lie out on the naked rocks and look like a piece of pudding-stone. You can lie out on a leafy branch and look like sunshine sifting through the leaves; and you can lie right across the centre of a path and look like nothing in particular. Think of that and purr!`
`But if I`m all this,` said the Leopard, `why didn`t you go spotty too?`
`Oh, plain black`s best for me,` said the Ethiopian. `Now come along and we`ll see if we can`t get even with Mr. One-Two- Three-Where`s-your-Breakfast!`
So they went away and lived happily ever afterward, Best Beloved. That is all.
Oh, now and then you will hear grown-ups say, `Can the Ethiopian change his skin or the Leopard his spots?` I don`t think even grown-ups would keep on saying such a silly thing if the Leopard and the Ethiopian hadn`t done it oncedo you? But they will never do it again, Best Beloved. They are quite contented as they are.