“THE HUNTER?”
“No,” said the little boy; “tell me that!”
Once upon a time there was a Hunter who had three dogs. The first he called “Run-fast,” the second “Catch-the-hare,” and the third “I-know-it-better.” One day the Hunter went out to hunt, and he called his first dog, Run-fast, and his second dog, Catch-the-hare, and the third dog—what under the sun did I say was the third dog’s name?
“I-know-it-better!” cried the little boy eagerly.
“Very well, then,” said the grandmother, laughing a little. “If you know it better, tell the story yourself!”
“O grandmother,” said the little boy after a moment of surprise, “that’s not a story!”
“Isn’t it?” asked the grandmother. “My great-grandmother said it was. Well, perhaps you will like better the story of