“Go on,” demanded Santa Claus.
“Then there is Squeaky, who is a voice with a pig’s body; and as for me, well, you know me.”
“I know your voice, but the rest of you?” asked Santa Claus.
“Is a goldfinch,” answered Sancho.
“Three wise men indeed,” muttered Santa Claus. “How interesting it will be to have dinner with a pig, a tree, and a goldfinch! But what can we have to eat that three such different guests will enjoy?”
“Oh, that’s easy,” said Sancho Wing. “You can give the others birdseed porridge.”
“And you?” asked Santa Claus, with a twinkle in his eye.
“Oh, I’ll eat some too,” said Sancho, with seeming indifference, though it made his bill water to think of his favorite dish.
“What will we do for table conversation?” asked Santa Claus. “I don’t know what subjects trees, pigs and birds like to talk about.”