Then to Miki's consternation he started straight for the tree in which Neewa was sleeping.

As a matter of fact, it was Kawook's dinner-tree, and he began climbing it, talking to himself all the time.

Miki's hair began to stand on end.

He did not know that Kawook, like all his kind, was the best-natured fellow in the world, and had never harmed anything in his life unless assaulted first.

Lacking this knowledge he set up a sudden frenzy of barking to warn Neewa.
Neewa roused himself slowly, and when he opened his eyes he was looking into a spiky face that sent him into a convulsion of alarm.