“I’ll only make believe,” said Murphy.
So Murphy took up a little stick, and threw it at the dog, saying, “Go home, Bruno!”
Bruno paid no heed to this demonstration.
Lorenzo then advanced to where Bruno was lying, and attempted to pull him along, but Bruno would not come. He would not even get up from the ground.
“I’ll make you come,” said Lorenzo. So he took hold of him by the neck and the ears, and began to pull him. Bruno uttered a low growl.
“Oh, dear me!” said Lorenzo, “what shall I do?”
In fact, he was beginning to grow desperate. So he looked about among the bushes for a stick, and when he had found one sufficient for his purpose, he came to Bruno, and said, in a very stern voice,
“Now, Bruno, go home!”
Bruno did not move.