Leopard proposes to Nymo to go into the bush for wild honey. Leopard is first to spy a bee's nest, but in it there is no honey. Nymo finds a nest full of honey. They eat their bellies full, and divide the remainder. As they sit down to rest, Nymo asks Leopard what name he would select to give himself. ‘‘Strong-Man,” answers Leopard. “And you?” — “Iron-Bar, and that is better than ‘Strong-Man,”” answers Nymo boastfully. Leopard is so angry, he seizes Nymo, ties a rope around his waist, and drags him through the bush. They meet Barking-Deer. “Why are you carrying Lion’s brother in this manner?” jests Barking-Deer. ‘Don’t ask me any questions about my own business,” says Leopard. Barking-Deer asks Nymo. ‘‘Because I said the name of Iron-Bar, which I would take, was better than Leopard’s name, Strong-Man.” — “How foolish,” said BarkingDeer, “for a little weak person like you, Nymo, to choose such a ‘strong name’ in the presence of Leopard! It serves you right.” Leopard drags Nymo on until they arrive at Lion’s town. Lion is enraged at the way Leopard is treating Nymo, and orders Leopard to set him free. Leopard obeys. Lion orders water to be brought for a bath for Nymo, and Leopard is made to stand under the bathhouse. As Nymo ‘washes his skin,” the waste water runs over Leopard, who growls at the insult. After his bath, Nymo rests. Then Lion calls his wife and orders “chop.” The scraps and bones left, Lion directs Nymo to carry to Leopard as “his part chop.” Leopard threatens until Lion calls him out to fight. Every bite Leopard takes from Lion’s body he swallows. The bites Lion takes from Leopard he lays on the ground. They are nearly exhausted, when an old woman passing by parts them. They beg her for water to drink. What Lion drinks refreshes him. What Leopard drinks runs through the holes in his body bitten by Lion. The old woman, on seeing this, urges Leopard to flee before Lion kills him. So Leopard runs away and jumps into a puddle of white clay. With this he stops up the holes in his body, and in time recovers. But his coat is spotted forever.