"No; what is it for?" asked the Child.
"It's to say How-do-you-do with," Tyltyl answered. "And then for when it's cold...."
"What does that mean, when it's cold?" asked the Child.
"When you shiver like this: Brrr! Brrr!" said Tyltyl. "And when you go like this with your arms," vigorously beating his arms across his chest.
"Is it cold on earth?" asked the Child.
"Yes, sometimes, in winter, when there is no fire."
"Why is there no fire?..."
"Because it's expensive; and it costs money to buy wood...."
The Child looked at Tyltyl again as though he did not understand a word that Tyltyl was saying; and Tyltyl in his turn looked amazed:
"It's quite clear that he knows nothing of the most everyday things," thought our hero, while the child stared with no small respect at "the little Live Boy" who knew everything.