Sylvie and Bruno . itwill open the conversation (you cant evendrink a bottle of wine without opening it first) :and secondly, if hes seen the Other Professor, M 2 i64 SYLVIE AND BRUNO. we shall find him that way : and, if he hasnt,we shant. On our way, we passed the target, at whichUggug had been made to shoot during theAmbassadors visit. See! said the Professor, pointing out ahole in the middle of the bulls-eye. HisImperial Fatness had only one shot at It ; andhe went In just /icre f Bruno carefully examined the hole. Couldnt^ go In there, he whispered to me. He aretoo fat! We had no sort of
Sylvie and Bruno . itwill open the conversation (you cant evendrink a bottle of wine without opening it first) :and secondly, if hes seen the Other Professor, M 2 i64 SYLVIE AND BRUNO. we shall find him that way : and, if he hasnt,we shant. On our way, we passed the target, at whichUggug had been made to shoot during theAmbassadors visit. See! said the Professor, pointing out ahole in the middle of the bulls-eye. HisImperial Fatness had only one shot at It ; andhe went In just /icre f Bruno carefully examined the hole. Couldnt^ go In there, he whispered to me. He aretoo fat! We had no sort of difficulty In finding theGardener. Though he was hidden from us bysome trees, that harsh voice of his served todirect us ; and, as we drew nearer, the wordsof his song became more and more plainlyaudible : He thought he sazv an AlbatrossThat fluttered round the lamp : He looked again, and found it wasA Penny-Postage-Stamp. Yoiid best be getting home, he said, The nights are very damp ! Xll] A MUSICAL GARDENER. 165. Would it be afraid of catching cold ? saidBruno. If it got very damp/ Sylvie suggested, itmight stick to something, you know. And that somefin would have to go bythe post, whatever it was ! Bruno eagerly ex-claimed. Suppose it was a cow ! Wouldntit be dreadful for the other things ! And all these things happened to //m,said the Professor. Thats what makes the song so interesting. He must have had a very curious life,said Sylvie. You may say that ! the Professor heartilyrejoined. i66 SYLVIE AND BRUNO. Of course she may ! cried Bruno. By this time we had come up to theGardener, who was standing on one leg, asusual, and busily employed in watering a bedof flowers with an empty watering-can. It hasnt got no water in it! Brunoexplained to him, pulling his sleeve to attracthis attention. Its lighter to hold, said the Gardener. Alot of water in it makes ones arms he went on with his work, singing sofdyto himself The nigJits are very damp ! In digging things out of
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