I was quite taken aback; but as we turned round, to my infinite delight, the undutiful baby snatched the biscuit from its mother's hand after a fashion so remarkably similar that we all burst out laughing, and I shouted in triumph, "Now, papa! children do it too." "Well, Regie," he answered, "I think you have made out a good case.
But the question which now remains is, whether Mrs.Bundle will have your young friends in the nursery." But Mrs.Bundle's horror at my remarks was too great to admit of her even entering into the joke.
The monkeys were somewhat driven from my mind by the wit and wisdom of the elephant, and the condescension displayed by so large an animal in accepting the light refreshment of penny buns.

After he had had several, Leo began to tease him, holding out a bun and snatching it away again.

As he was holding it out for the fourth or fifth time, the elephant extended his trunk as usual, but instead of directing it towards the bun, he deliberately snatched the black velvet cap from Leo's head and swallowed it with a grunt of displeasure.

Leo was first frightened, and then a good deal annoyed by the universal roar of laughter which his misfortune occasioned.

But he was a good-tempered boy, and soon joined in the laugh himself.