But, strangest of all, Don saw in the woods a little hairy animal, with a long tail, and four hands—or so it seemed to Don. And then there was another queer animal, with two tails, one in front, and one behind.
“Bow wow!” barked Don when he saw this animal. “I had better run away from here. I don’t like this! Two tails! Oh my!”
“Oh, don’t be afraid,” said Squinty. “That’s only Tum Tum.”
[CHAPTER V]
DON RUNS AWAY
Don, who had been barking and growling to make Squinty, the comical pig, go back to his pen, stopped suddenly, and grew very quiet when he saw the funny, hairy, four-handed animal, and also the one that seemed to have two tails. Don crouched down in the bushes to hide away, for, though he had not been afraid of the big, black bull, this queer beast was much larger, and so different.
“Don’t be afraid,” said Squinty, again. “That is only Tum Tum.”
“What do you mean—Tum Tum?” asked Don. “That sounds like the name of a drum. And why shouldn’t I be afraid of an animal with two tails? especially when he is so big,” asked Don.
“He hasn’t two tails,” grunted Squinty, the comical pig. “I thought the same thing at first, until Mappo told me different.”