After Toby had made his toilet he unfastened the bundle which the
fat lady had given him, for the purpose of having breakfast. As
much of an eater as Toby was, he could not but be surprised at the
quantity of food which Mrs. Treat called a lunch. There were two
whole pies and half of another, as many as two dozen doughnuts,
several large pieces of cheese, six sandwiches, with a plentiful
amount of meat, half a dozen biscuits, nicely buttered, and a large
piece of cake.
The monkey had come down from the tree as soon as he saw Toby untying
the bundle, and there was quite as much pleasure depicted on his
face, when he saw the good things that were spread out before him,
as there was on Toby's; and he showed his thankfulness at Mrs.
Treat's foresight by suddenly snatching one of the doughnuts and
running with it up the tree, where he knew Toby could not follow.
"Now look here, Mr. Stubbs!" said Toby, sternly, "you can have all
you want to eat, but you must take it in a decent way, an' not go
to cuttin' up any such shines as that."
And after giving this command -- which, by the way, was obeyed just
about as well as it was understood -- Toby devoted his time to his
breakfast, and he reduced the amount of eatables very considerably
before he had finished.
Toby cleared off his table by gathering the food together and putting
it back into the paper as well as possible, and then he sat down
to think over the situation and to decide what he had better do.
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