They all sat down at the table and the Darling Dogs made a great noise eating their food.
Curly-Tail said, “If you will come to my little tent in the woods for supper, I will teach you some table manners.”
Then he curled his funny little tail up tighter and tighter, and ran away to his own little tent in the woods.
At exactly six o’clock the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs appeared at his tent.
They cried, “Oh,” and “Ah” and “How very surprising.”
There was a table in the tent with fifteen little chairs around it.
On the table were plates, and knives, and forks, and spoons.
There was a cup and saucer for each one.
They all sat down at the table and began to talk at once, and drum with their silver spoons.