58 The Story of Scr aggies 



coming and waking him up. I did n't 

 tell him, but I just climbed up over his 

 chest onto his chin and began to peck 

 at his white teeth, and when he tried to 

 catch me I ran and hid in his neck 

 behind his whiskers. Then he bent his 

 head over and held me so lovingly tight, 

 that I was sorry when he let me go. I 

 pecked his neck and he squeezed me 

 between his cheek and his shoulder, and 

 did it several times. 



When I jumped onto his chin again 

 I thought I would pinch his lip, so I 

 took tight hold. My, how he did jump ! 

 And then when I pinched again, he tried 

 to scare me all into little pieces. What 

 do you think he did ? He opened his 

 mouth and filled himself full of air, and 

 then blew me just as hard as he could. 

 I was scared for a moment, but when I 



