"I haven't got it with me," Sylvie whispered.
"Then I won't cry," said Bruno manfully.
"There are more Introductory Verses to come," said the Other Professor, "but I'm hungry." He sat down, cut a large slice of cake, put it on Bruno's plate, and gazed at his own empty plate in astonishment.
"Where did you get that cake?" Sylvie whispered to Bruno.
"He gived it me," said Bruno.
"But you shouldn't ask for things! You know you shouldn't!"
"I didn't ask," said Bruno, taking a fresh mouthful: "he gived it me."
Sylvie considered this for a moment: then she saw her way out of it. "Well, then, ask him to give me some!"
"You seem to enjoy that cake?" the Professor remarked.
"Doos that mean 'munch'?" Bruno whispered to Sylvie.
Sylvie nodded. "It means 'to munch' and 'to like to munch.'"
Bruno smiled at the Professor. "I doos enjoy it," he said.
