They laughed at me when they saw me lugging the puppy up to my high little cave, but I did not mind.

Success crowned my efforts, and there was the puppy.

He was a plaything such as none of the Folk possessed.

He learned rapidly.

When I played with him and he bit me, I boxed his ears, and then he did not try again to bite for a long time.
I was quite taken up with him.