The question of removing the letter from the banana and getting
rid of the banana (in the proper way) now presented itself to him.
He took a bite of the banana and the letter almost fell. He then
tried releasing his hold upon the trunk but that would not do. He
then extracted the letter with his teeth which effectually prevented
him from eating the banana.

What to do?

Steadying himself with one hand (he could not let go the trunk
for so much as a moment), he brought the banana to his lips, held
it between his teeth and took the letter in his unoccupied hand. As
he bit into the banana the part remaining trembled and hung as on a
thread; another moment and it would drop. The predicament was tragic.
Slowly, but surely and steadily, the remainder of the banana broke away
and fell--into the hand that held the letter.

Holding both letter and banana in the one perspiring palm, Pee-Wee
devoured first the one and then the other. Both were delicious, the
letter particularly. It had one advantage over the banana, for he
could only devour the banana once, whereas he devoured the contents
of the letter several times. He wished that bananas and doughnuts
were like letters.


CHAPTER III

AN INVITATION

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