“Precisely.”
“No,” confessed Buddie. “And I think it’s funny you can’t tell.”
“I don’t see anything funny in it,” said the Rabbit.
“I mean strange.”
“Or strange. Why is a watermelon bald-headed, while a carrot has whiskers? Answer me that!”
“I don’t know,” Buddie again confessed.
“Did you ever ask a watermelon?”
“Of course not. That’s perfectly ’diculous. Who ever heard of a watermelon talking? But still,” Buddie added to herself, “if a rabbit can talk, why shouldn’t a watermelon?”
“Well, ask a watermelon sometime,” said the Rabbit; “or ask a carrot. Neither of them knows, any more than a dog knows when he’s hot.”
“I’m sure a dog knows when he’s hot,” objected Buddie.