MR. CHUPES AND MISS JENNY 



ways won the game. He would fly from 

 shoulder to shoulder, looking behind us 

 for the hidden object and meeting each 

 jingle and rattle with a peculiar return 

 squeak which he used on no other occasion. 

 It was probably intended for an imitation 

 of the metallic and leathery sounds. 



He was always so ready to show-off for 

 visitors. I wish you could have seen how 

 wonderingly old and young used to watch 

 him as I presented him with a little parcel 

 in which I told him he would find a fly. He 

 never saw the preparation of the package, 

 but he knew w'hat it all meant, and he 

 would pull and tug and unroll until he got 

 at the heart of the bundle, when he would 

 seize the prize and triumphantly hold it 

 aloft! This very effective little perform- 

 ance was the result of my having carried 

 him a fly in a handkerchief when he was 

 learning to feed himself. 

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