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Shaver ate his porridge without a murmur , so happy was he over his new playthings . Mary bathed and dressed him with care . As the candy had stuck to the stockings in spots , it was decided after a family conference that Shaver would have to wear them wrong side out as there was no time to be wasted in washing them . By eight o'clock The Hopper announced that it was time for Shaver to go home . Shaver expressed alarm at the thought of leaving his chicks ; whereupon Humpy conferred two of them upon him in the best imitation of baby talk that he could muster . `` Me 's tate um to me 's gwanpas , '' said Shaver ; `` chickee for me 's two gwanpas , '' -- a remark which caused The Hopper to shake for a moment with mirth as he recalled his last view of Shaver 's `` gwanpas '' in a death grip upon the floor of `` Gwanpa '' Talbot 's house . -LSB- Illustration -RSB- -LSB- Illustration -RSB-