One day a traveling dog-clipper came
and Pilo was relieved of his coat
of mail. He was as bald as a bell's clapper. It was the middle of July,
the hottest time of the year. His nakedness probably gave him great pleasure
because he jumped around like a deer. When he passed a nice wasphole he
couldn't resist announcing his presence. You can imagine what happened.
He was so badly nailed by the wasps that he jumped around like he was crazy
and rolled around on the grass! One of the apprentices who happened to
be nearby spilled a pail of cold water on him which probably relieved his
pain, because he sped over to the nearby laundry house where M~~~~ had
just put her white sheets in a big tub to soak. Pilo saw the tempting water
and dunked himself right into the middle of it! M~~~~, who could usually
tolerate the dog but not the apprentices who generally had the dirtiest
clothes to be washed, maintained that the apprentice had turned the dog
into an evildoer even though he swore it wasn't so!" *
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