"Is that your name?"
Then Tiny, after a bit of a struggle, for he did want to lie and get the glory, told the truth rather grumpily, and said,
"No—the Colonel's."
For the Colonel is allowed to do all the christening in that Regiment: for that is one of the rules. And Goliath, the elephant, was one of his; and so was little Marwy, the regimental baa-lamb.
Then Tiny, and Baby, and Baby's mother came to the Village.
And the Village was made up of Cosy Cottage, and the red pillar-box opposite; and that is all: for the villages are just a nice size in That Country.
And Cosy Cottage looked delicious under creepers, with sparrows chattering. And it was long, and low, and grey, and not unlike Methuselah, with a rather broken-back look, and one crooked chimney for ear. And there was one window behind and two before, with a porch between, and roses sprawling over all.
And in front was a little grass garden, with a lilac and a yew hedge round, and a gate made of paling into the road; and at the back a tiny yard and a boot-hole[[1]] like a box.
[[1]] A boot-hole is a little place where you clean boots.
And it belonged to the King, as all the houses do in That Country, because that saves trouble; and it went with the Fort on the Hill.