"Don't do that, friend!" he begged. "What are you trying to do, anyhow?"
"I'm trying to rub the egg off your mouth," Benny Badger explained.
"Please don't trouble yourself," said Mr. Fox.
Then Benny began to shake him.
"Don't do that, friend!" said Mr. Fox again. "What are you trying to do?"
"I'm only trying to shake the feather off you," Benny told him.
"Don't trouble yourself," said Mr. Fox. "If you'll take those teeth off my neck, that's all I'll ask of you."
"Not yet!" Benny Badger replied grimly. "You're a robber. And I'm going to teach you a lesson.... You will rob birds' nests, will you?"
To his great surprise, Mr. Fox began to laugh.
"Why, you'd rob them yourself if you weren't so clumsy!" he cried. "You're really no better than I am."