"It is a magnificent macaw also." "Ah! you know it is a macaw!" the old man said.
"Of course," Frank said simply; "it has a tail." The old man then furnished Frank with two or three sharp knives and scissors.

Taking the bird and cat, he went out into the yard and in the course of an hour had skinned them both.

Then he returned to the shop and set to work in the room behind.
"May I make a group of them ?" he asked.
"Do them just as you like," the old man said.
After settling upon his subject, Frank set to work, and, except that he went out for five minutes to buy and eat a penny loaf, continued his work till nightfall.

The old man came in several times to look at him, but each time went out again without making a remark.

At six o'clock Frank laid down his tools.
"I will come again tomorrow, sir," he said.
The old man nodded, and Frank went home in high spirits.