"That would be a funny wild animal," Sue said. "A half tiger and half dog."
"Lots of folks would like to see an animal like that," Bunny said. "I'll just stripe my half of Splash, and leave your half plain, Sue."
"All right. But is you only going to have one wild make-believe animal, Bunny?"
"No, Ned Johnson has a dog. We can make a lion out of him."
"But Ned's dog hasn't any tail," said Sue. "I mean he has only a little baby tail, like a rabbit. Lions always have tails with tassels on the end."
"Well," said Bunny, slowly. "We could make believe this lion had his tail bit off by an elephant."
"Oh, yes," said Sue.
"Or else maybe I could tie a cloth tail on Ned's dog," went on Bunny.
"And lions have manes, too. That's a lot of hair on their neck, like a horse," went on Sue.
"Well, we could take some carpenter shavings and tie them on Ned's dog's neck," said Bunny. "We could make believe that was the lion's mane."