"Pooh!" said Pipsy. "You're afraid, YOU are! Look at me!"
Then he jumped in, and only his head stuck [out].
"THIS IS TWICE AS DEEP AS YOU WERE IN."
"This is twice as deep as you were in!" he cried, turning up his bill, and rolling his eyes.
"You're sitting down, you are!" cried Nipsy, in scorn.
"I'm not," said Pipsy.
"You are. I can see your toes all doubled up, even if the water is muddy," said Nipsy, and rushed at him to punish him for bragging.
They both rolled under the water, and then out on the shore, dripping wet and very angry with each other.
Pipsy went home to the old bush and was very miserable. He wanted something to eat, and did not know where to find anything. Nipsy went high up the beach, and found a lot of young hedge-crickets. But he did not half enjoy them. They were fat and smooth, and he was hungry, but crickets had no flavor without Pipsy to help eat them. But he was angry at him yet.