have a voice like Cougar's, but he need not roar all the time. But as to giving him thick hair, that would be a burden. Look at Fish. He is naked, and he is comfortable under the hottest sun. So I want man's skin to be like the skin of Fish. As to claws, they should be like Eagle's, so that he can carry things. Deer's eyes and ears are good, and his throat, too. So I 'd make man with ears and eyes and throat like Deer's. His brains should be like mine, so that he can rule the whole world."
"Nonsense! nonsense!" Beaver had been gurgling for some time. "No tail! no tail! Why, he could not live without a good broad tail. How would he haul his mud and build his house without a tail?"
"And no wings?" hooted Owl. "No wings, indeed! You are perfectly senseless not to think of giving him wings."
"Pu-u-u!" sniffed Mole. "It 's senseless to have wings. They only bump you against the sky. And eyes are useless, too. The sun only burns them. It would be better to give him a soft fur, and let him cuddle down in the moist, cool earth."
"Living in the earth is the worst nonsense of all," exclaimed Mouse. "He will need to creep into the sunshine to get warm. And he needs eyes to see what he is eating."
