"Toned up! I should say so!" cried the other. "I raised a howl, and aScissor-jawed Clipper came out of his hole, and got after him; butthat lazy fool ran so rapid that he could not be caught."

The Bee-man now ran on and soon overtook the Languid Youth.

"You need not be in a hurry now," exclaimed the latter, "for the rules ofthis institution don't allow the creatures inside to come out of thisopening, or to hang around it. If they did, they would frighten awayvisitors. They go in and out of holes in the upper part of themountain."

The two proceeded on their way.

"What are you going to do with that infant?" exclaimed the Languid Youth.