“I believe you’re right, brother Malkin, I believe you’re right,” said the other gnome.
“What’ll we do with her?” said the gnome called Malkin.
“Whatever you say, brother,” said the gnome called Nibby. “You always know best.”
“She’s all black,” said the first gnome.
“So she is, brother, so she is,” said the other gnome.
“But not quite all black,” said the first gnome.
“No, not quite,” said the other one. “How clever you are, brother Malkin.”
“I see a white place behind her ear,” said brother Malkin.
“There’s a white place behind her ear, sure enough,” said brother Nibby. “I wouldn’t have noticed it myself.”
“Then why isn’t she white all over?” said brother Malkin.