`` Very much , as I know , for when my mother told me this story , I was so silly that I went and tried it myself . I had no beans , so I took some little pebbles , and poked several into my nose . I did not like it at all , and wanted to take them out again very soon , but one would not come , and I was so ashamed to tell what a goose I been that I went for hours with the stone hurting me very much . At last the pain got so bad I had to tell , and when my mother could not get it out the doctor came . Then I was put in a chair and held tight , Rob , while he used his ugly little pincers till the stone hopped out . Dear me ! how my wretched little nose did ache , and how people laughed at me ! '' and Mrs. Jo shook her head in a dismal way , as if the memory of her sufferings was too much for her . Rob looked deeply impressed and I am glad to say took the warning to heart . Demi proposed that they should bury poor Annabella , and in the interest of the funeral Teddy forgot his fright . Daisy was soon consoled by another batch of dolls from Aunt Amy , and the Naughty Kitty-mouse seemed to be appeased by the last offerings , for she tormented them no more . `` Brops '' was the name of a new and absorbing play , invented by Bangs . As this interesting animal is not to be found in any Zoological Garden , unless Du Chaillu has recently brought one from the wilds of Africa , I will mention a few of its peculiar habits and traits , for the benefit of inquiring minds . The Brop is a winged quadruped , with a human face of a youthful and merry aspect . When it walks the earth it grunts , when it soars it gives a shrill hoot , occasionally it goes erect , and talks good English . Its body is usually covered with a substance much resembling a shawl , sometimes red , sometimes blue , often plaid , and , strange to say , they frequently change skins with one another . On their heads they have a horn very like a stiff brown paper lamp-lighter . Wings of the same substance flap upon their shoulders when they fly ; this is never very far from the ground , as they usually fall with violence if they attempt any lofty flights . They browse over the earth , but can sit up and eat like the squirrel . Their favorite nourishment is the seed-cake ; apples also are freely taken , and sometimes raw carrots are nibbled when food is scarce .
They live in dens , where they have a sort of nest , much like a clothes-basket , in which the little XXXXX play till their wings are grown .
Brop Brops Garden Jo Rob flap grunts lamp-lighter quadruped seed-cake