"Who taught him arithmetic?" said Davy, who was beginning to think Robinson didn't know much about it himself.
"Well, the fact is," said Robinson, confidentially, "he picked it up from an old Adder, that he met in the woods."
Here the Goat, who evidently was not yet quite started, inquired, "Must all the halves be of the same shape?"
"Not at all," said Robinson, cheerfully. "Have 'em any shape you like."
"Then I give it up," said the Goat.
"So do I," said the Dog.
"And I," said the Cat.
"Me, too," said the Parrot.
"Well!" exclaimed Davy, quite out of patience. "You are certainly the stupidest lot of creatures I ever saw."
At this the animals stared mournfully at him for a moment, and then rose up and walked gravely away.