Adventures of Toto (II)
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- Unfortunately, I could not accompany Grandfather on that trip, but he told me about it afterward. A big black canvas kit-bag was provided for Toto. This, with some straw at the bottom, became his new abode. When the bag was closed, there was no escape.Toto could not get his hands through the opening, and the canvas was too strong for him to bite his way through
- His efforts to get out only had the effect of making the bag roll about on the floor or occasionally jump into the air — an exhibition that attracted a curious crowd of onlookers on the Dehra Dun railway platform.Toto remained in the bag as far as Saharanpur
- but while grandfather was producing his ticket at the railway turnstile, Toto suddenly poked his head out of the bag and gave the ticket collector a wide grin. The poor man was taken aback; but, with the excellent presence of mind and much to Grandfather’s annoyance, he said, “Sir, you have a dog with you. You’ll have to pay for it accordingly.”In vain did Grandfather take Toto out of the bag; in vain did he try to prove that a monkey did not qualify as a dog or even a quadruped. Toto was classified as a dog by the ticket collector; three rupees was the sum handed over as his fare. Then Grandfather, to get his own back, took from his pocket our pet tortoise, and said, “What must I pay for this, since you charge for all animals?”The ticket collector looked closely at the tortoise, prodded it with his forefinger, gave Grandfather a pleased and triumphant look, and said, “No charge. It is not a dog.”
- When Toto was finally accepted by Grandmother he was given a comfortable home in the stable, where he had for a companion the family donkey, Nana. On Toto’s first night in the stable,Grandfather paid him a visit to see if he was comfortable. To his surprise he found Nana, without apparent cause, pulling at her halter and trying to keep her head as far as possible from a bundle of hay.Grandfather gave Nana a slap across her haunches, and she jerked back, dragging Toto with her. He had fastened on to her long ears with his sharp little teeth.Toto and Nana never became friends.
- A great treat for Toto during cold winter evenings was the large bowl of warm water given him by Grandmother for his bath. He would cunningly test the temperature with his hand, then gradually step into the bath, first one foot, then the other (as he had seen me doing), until he was into the water up to his neck.Once comfortable, he would take the soap in his hands or feet,and rub himself all over. When the water became cold, he would get out and run as quickly as he could to the kitchen-fire in orderto dry himself. If anyone laughed at him during this performance, Toto’s feelings would be hurt and he would refuse to go on with his bath. One day Toto nearly succeeded in boiling himself alive
- A large kitchen kettle had been left on the fire to boil for tea and Toto, finding himself with nothing better to do, decided to remove the lid. Finding the water just warm enough for a bath,he got in, with his head sticking out from the open kettle. This was just fine for a while, until the water began to boil. Toto then raised himself a little; but, finding it cold outside, sat down again.He continued hopping up and down for some time, until Grandmother arrived and hauled him, half-boiled, out of the kettle.
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