Those white mice are Rob's, Franz gave 'em to him.

The rabbits are Ned's, and the bantams outside are Stuffy's.
That box thing is Demi's turtle-tank, only he hasn't begun to get 'em yet.

Last year he had sixty-two, whackers some of 'em.

He stamped one of 'em with his name and the year, and let it go; and he says maybe he will find it ever so long after and know it.

He read about a turtle being found that had a mark on it that showed it must be hundreds of years old.