He WOULD take the bun--he HAS taken it! He is pleased--but he may not show it.

Observe him eat." The taller Stalky, after eating the bun, quietly kicked the giver, knocked off his hat, and turned away with a calm, immovable face.
"Good!" said the Moo Kow.

"Ye would not dream that he was absolutely choking with grateful emotion ?" "We would not," said the animals.
"But why are they all running back the way they came ?" asked Pi Bol.
"They are going back to punishment.

Great is its power.

Have ye not heard the gospel of Rhuddyidd the mighty?
'Force is everything! Gentleness won't wash, courtesy is deceitful.