_The sunny porch_. T0BY-D0G _and_ KIKI-THE-DEMURE _sprawl on the hotstone-flags, taking their after luncheon nap. The silence of Sundayprevails, yet_ T0BY-D0G _is not asleep: the flies and a weighty luncheontorment him. Hind-quarters flattened out frog-fashion, he drags himselfon his belly up to_ KIKI-THE-DEMURE _whose striped body is perfectlyquiet_.

T0BY-D0G

Are you asleep?

KIKI-THE-DEMURE, (_purrs feebly_)