When next there was a moment‘s quiet the Ape said： “You warfs think you’re very clever， don‘t you？ But not so fast. I ever said you couldn’t see Tashlan. Anyone who likes can see im.”
The whole assembly became silent. Then， after nearly a inute， the Bear began in a slow， puzzled voice：
“I don‘t quite understand all this，” it grumbled， “I thought ou said.”
“You thought！” repeated the Ape. “As if anyone could call hat goes on in your head thinking. Listen， you others. nyone can see Tashlan. But he’s not coming out. You have o go in and see him.”
“Oh， thank you， thank you， thank you，” said dozens of oices. “That‘s what we wanted！ We can go in and see him ce to face. And now he’ll be kind and it will all be as it sed to be.” And the Birds chattered， and the dogs barked xcitedly. Then suddenly， there was a great stirring and a oise of creatures rising to their feet， and in a second the hole lot of them would have been rushing forward and ying to crowd into the stable door all together.
But the Ape shouted： “Get back！ Quiet！ Not so fast.”
The Beasts stopped， many of them with one paw in the r， many with tails wagging， and all of them with heads on ne side.