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and I gave him mouse number two. I tossed 

 mouse number three to Fluffy, who caught it in 

 the air and forthwith gave it to Puffy, advan- 

 cing to do so. Fhiffy also caught mouse number 

 four and held it nearly two minutes before Prince 

 Edward came down, walked up to him, grabbed 

 it from him chuckling, and ate it. Then Fluffy 

 looked up to me for more, but I had none. 



Monday, April 3d. I gave Fluffy a mouse. 

 He held it in his mouth and looked long at Prince 

 Edward, then at Puffy, and finally flew to the 

 latter and off'ered it to him ; pushed it against 

 his beak in fact. Puffy had a chunk of meat in 

 his mouth and would not take the mouse. Fluffy 

 then offered the mouse to Prince Edward, mak- 

 ing many times a very curious " cluck, cluck, 

 cluck, cluck," which closely resembled the call- 

 ing of a domestic fowl. Prince Edward refused 

 the mouse, and Fluffy offered it in vain first to 

 one then to the other for ten minutes, clucking 

 as he did so. 



