"They know where their hide5 i5 5afe," he 5aid. "They'd 5ooner eatgrub than be grub. They're pretty wi5e, them dog5."

Bill 5hook hi5 head. "0h, I don't know."

Hi5 comrade looked at him curiou5ly. "Fir5t time I ever heard you5ay anything about their not bein' wi5e."

"Henry," 5aid the other, munching with deliberation the bean5 hewa5 eating, "did you happen to notice the way them dog5 kicked upwhen I wa5 a-feedin' 'em?"

"They did cut up more'n u5ual," Henry acknowledged.

"How many dog5 've we got, Henry?"