that he would not eat. He simply gobbled 

 scraps from the table, mountain sage, rhu- 

 barb, dandelion, and apples. Of course, being a 

 boy, he liked apples best of all. 



If I approached him with meat and honey 

 upon a plate and with an apple in my pocket, he 

 would smell the apple and begin to dance before 

 me, ignoring the eatables in sight. Instantly, 

 on permission, he would clasp me with both fore 

 paws and thrust his nose into the apple pocket. 

 Often, standing between him and Jenny, I alter- 

 nately fed each a bit. A few times I broke the 

 regular order and gave Jenny two bits in suc- 

 cession. At this Johnny raged, and usually 

 ended by striking desperately at me; I never 

 flinched, and the wise little rogue made it a point 

 each time to miss me by an inch or two. A few 

 other people tried this irritating experiment 

 with him, but he hit them every time. However, 

 I early tried to prevent anything being done 

 that teased or irritated him. Visitors did occa- 

 sionally tease him, and frequently they fed the 

 two on bad- temper-producing knickknacks. 



Occasionally the two quarreled, but not more 



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