"Ate him!" cried the girl, who was greatly shocked.
"Certainly; Mr. Gunther was a very sweet man."
"But this is horrible," said Dot, with a shudder. "You are all cannibals!"
"Cannibals! What are those?" inquired the candy man.
"Why, people who eat each other," said Dot.
"Oh, then we are cannibals, sure enough," declared the little man, calmly.
"But cannibals are wicked creatures," said the child, aghast at such savagery.
"Is it wicked to eat candy in the country where you live?" demanded the man.
"No; but then people are not made of candy there."
"Well, here there is nothing else than candy; so if we eat at all we must eat candy. Is it wicked to eat in the country you came from?"