Barty took it and swung it as he had seen ring-masters do, and he made it crack beautifully. What happened was that all the little animals, every one of them, turned their heads to look at him.
"Crack it again," said the Noah's Ark Rabbit.
When Barty cracked it again the little animals began to crowd into a circle all round him.
"Now, my dear," said the Queen Noah's Ark Rabbit, "you just
walk out and choose the ones you would like best, and ask them if they will come and play with you when they hear your whip crack."
"I think I must be in a dream now," said Barty, as he began to go round the circle.
"Will you be my friend and come and play with me?" he said to the little lion, and the little lion frisked and said: "Yes! Yes! Yes!"