asked.

"No," replied Matty Cann. "He's just gotter he careful not t' over-eat
hisseif, as I was savin'. Yeh see, people what come in t' th' show gives
him buns, an' lollies an' things, an' if he's a glutton he' bound t' he
knocked out."

"What else does he do?"

"Oh, prowls round in the cage."

"Anything else?"

"An' scratches hisself."

"Yes."

"An' growls."

"That seems easy."

"Well, it all depends. If yer gifted that way it's easy enough, but real
scratchin' an' natural growlin' takes a bit o' doin'."

"How's this?" asked Nickie.

He scratched himself in approved monkey style, hopped briskly over the
stone, then sat up, and growled a deep, guttural growl.

"That's it--that's it, t' th' life!" cried Bonypart in amazed admiration.