“This isn’t his dog!” cried Sue. “This is our dog. Daddy got him from a Frenchman.”
“Oh, I’m not saying he didn’t,” Mr. Gordon made haste to say. “But he’s like the colored man’s dog.”
“Could the colored man’s dog do tricks?” Bunny wanted to know.
“I’m not sure about that. The man didn’t say.”
“Well, our dog does tricks,” said Bunny.
“Can he sneeze and roll over for a cookie?” asked Mr. Gordon.
“Is that a trick?” Bunny wanted to know.
“It’s a good trick!” declared the store man. “Here, I’ll try and see if your dog can do it.”
Mr. Gordon took a sweet cracker from a box and raised it up so Patter could see it.
The dog held his head on one side and pricked up his ears.