Страница 45 из 45
It had been to meet Diamond that Unka Panko and Auntie Ly
“Pretty soon, all Fuzzy learn to talk like Big Ones,” he said. “Not need talk-thing, Big One not need ear-thing; just talk, like I do now.”
“That’s right,” Pappy Jack said. “Big Ones, Fuzzies, all make talk together. All be good friends.”
“And Fuzzy learn how to help Big Ones? Many things Fuzzy can do to help, if Big Ones tell what.”
“Best thing Fuzzy do to help Big Ones is just be Fuzzies,” Pappy Jack told him.
But what else could they be? Fuzzies were what they were, just as Big Ones were Big Ones.
“And beside,” Pappy Jack went on talking, “the Fuzzies are all rich, now.”
“Rich? What is? Something good?”
“Well, most people think it is. When you’re rich, you have money.”
“Is something good to eat?” he asked. “Like Estee-fee?”
He wondered why Pappy Jack laughed. Maybe he was just laughing because he was happy. Or maybe Pappy Jack thought it was fu
There were still so many things Fuzzies had to learn.