"I won't! He's mine!" came the reply. "You let go of him!"
"He's not! He's mine!"
"He ain't! He's mine!"
"Stop that!" cried the girl, when Toby squeezed the legs so hard Bumper whimpered with pain.
"I won't! I'll squeeze him all I want to."
To make good his word he gave the rabbit a harder squeeze. Then something happened that surprised every one. The girl raised a hand, and boxed Toby's ears so hard that it made him howl.
"Now, take that, and see how it feels to be hurt!"
Toby clapped both hands to his ears, and in a flash the red-headed girl seized Bumper in her arms and ran pell-mell from the room. Toby started after her, but when the door slammed in his face he flopped down on the floor to howl and kick just like a baby who had eaten pickles instead of good milk for breakfast.