"What do you eat?" asked Tot, curiously.
"We eat candy, of course; that is what makes us so fat. Candy is very fattening, you know," said the little man cheerfully.
"But you haven't any teeth," remarked Dot, who had noticed this fact.
"Teeth! Certainly not. No one can eat much candy and still have teeth. Haven't you heard that candy always destroys a person's teeth?"
"I've been told so," replied Dot.
"But we get along very nicely without them. Indeed, our lives are decidedly sweet and peaceful."
Just then they heard a shrill scream, and at once the woman rushed toward the house, running in a very comical manner because she was so short and fat.
"That's the voice of our youngest child, the baby," explained the man. "I fear some accident has happened to it. One of our greatest troubles is that we cannot depend upon our colored servants, who are chocolate. Chocolates can seldom be depended on, you know."
"I hope nothing serious has happened to your baby," said Dot, with ready sympathy.