I Bite the Baby’s Fingers.
“‘I am sweet and lovely myself,’ said Dee.
“‘You’re not!’ said Dum.
“‘I am?’ said Dee.
“‘Say it again!’ said Dum.
“‘I do say it again!’ said Dee.
“‘Take that!’ said Dum.
“‘Take that!’ said Dee. And the two seemed as if they would tear each other’s eyes out, so that Mouseroun was wroth, and Phi had much ado to keep him from punishing them both on the spot.
“‘A future time is better,’ said Phi. ‘To act in anger is to make ourselves like these. Come, let us go and seek out the much renowned Tabby Furpurr who found out a way of not liking birds, and who on that account had her picture taken and set in a pussy-willow frame.’