In the morning Pedro got breakfast and Daddy Do-Little was so happy to have company that he just sat in the corner and forgot to look out at his garden all day.
When evening came, Curly-Tail said,
“Daddy Do-Little nobody knows,
As well as I, how your garden grows.”
They went out together and Daddy Do-Little rubbed his eyes, for everything was coming up in even rows.
At that very minute Curly-Tail set up a shout, for the Fourteen Little Darling Dogs came trooping along, and they all had picnic baskets! They sang,
“A surprise party’s well if it doesn’t fail,
A happy birthday to Curly-Tail!”
Sure enough, it was Curly-Tail’s birthday and the funny part of it was, nobody knew how old he was.