"Give me some." Ojo handed her a bit of the bread and she put it in her mouth.
"What next ?" she asked, scarcely able to speak.
"Chew it and swallow it," said the boy.
Scraps tried that.

Her pearl teeth were unable to chew the bread and beyond her mouth there was no opening.

Being unable to swallow she threw away the bread and laughed.
"I must get hungry and starve, for I can't eat," she said.
"Neither can I," announced the cat; "but I'm not fool enough to try.
Can't you understand that you and I are superior people and not made like these poor humans ?" "Why should I understand that, or anything else ?" asked the girl.
"Don't bother my head by asking conundrums, I beg of you.

Just let me discover myself in my own way." With this she began amusing herself by leaping across the brook and back again.
"Be careful, or you'll fall in the water," warned Ojo.
"Never mind." "You'd better.

If you get wet you'll be soggy and can't walk.