That will give
you some idea of the magnificent qualities of the flea. If we only knew
more of these ordinary facts about things we would love things more.
At the breakfast table the next morning Professor Jocolino sat silent
and moody in his place, his head, bent over his breakfast, but the nine
other men at the table eyed him suspiciously. So did Mrs. Muldoon. There
was no question now that Professor Jocolino had lost his educated flea.
There was, in fact, ground for the belief that the professor had had
more than one educated flea, and that he had lost all of them. There was
also a belief that, however well trained the lost might be in some ways,
their manners had not been carefully attended to, and that they had not
been trained to be well behaved when making visits to utter strangers. A
beast or bird that will force itself upon the hospitality of an utter
stranger unasked, and then bite its host, may be well educated, but it
is not polite. The boarders looked at Professor Jocolino and frowned.
The professor looked stolidly at his plate, and ate hurriedly, and left
the table before the others had finished.
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