"'Why don't you turn out when you meet anybody of consequence?'

"'Perhaps I do when I meet them,' Mr. Donkey replied, and that made Mr.
Hog terribly angry. "'Do you know I have a mind to give you a lesson in
good manners?' growled Mr. Hog, and Mr. Donkey said with a grin:

"'Why not go off somewhere alone, and give yourself a lesson or two?'

"Of course that made Mr. Hog more angry than ever, and he said:

"'Do you know what I do when stupid animals like you try to be too
smart?'

"'No; I don't care either,' Mr. Donkey replied; 'but I will show you
what I do when animals make bigger hogs of themselves than is natural.'

"Just as he said this he turned around, swung up both heels, struck Mr.
Hog under the chin, and knocked him over and over as many as six times.
Then Mr. Donkey trotted off slowly, with a smile on his face that was
for all the world like Mr. Crocodile's after he had been to the
dentist's."

[Illustration: Mr. Wild Hog tries to give Mr. Donkey a lesson in good
manners.]




WHEN MR. CROCODILE HAD HIS TEETH EXTRACTED.