14/31 But, then, so many people are, aren't they? If you weren't a human being, Lubin--and a very nice one, as you are--what sort of an animal would you like to be ?" "Well, I don't rightly know as I ever considered the point," said Lubin, passing his fingers through his drenched curls. "Perhaps I'd as lief be a squirrel as anything. I'm awfully fond o' nuts, and when I was a kid I used to spend half my time a-climbing trees. A squirrel must have rather a jolly life of it, when one comes to think." "What a splendid idea!" cried Austin, as they prepared to start. |