"Well, it isn't anything like a Zebra," said Jimmieboy, firmly. "You'd better try making an elephant." "That's easy," returned the Quill. "I never saw an elephant, but I've heard what they look like. Sort, of like pigs, with two tails, big flop ears, and paper-cutters for teeth, and great big huge large legs that look like bolsters. Oh, I can draw an elephant with my eyes shut." [Illustration: L-EPHANT.] This the Pen proceeded to do at once, and here is his idea of the L-ephant. "That's more like an elephant than either of the two zebras was like a zebra," said Jimmieboy, with a grin. "Thank you," said the Pen, simply. "Which part have I done best, the L or the 'ephant?" "Well, it's hard to say," smiled Jimmieboy. "I think the hair on his forehead is very much like that of the elephants I have seen, and then you've got his eye just right. I've seen elephants look exactly like that when they have caught sight of a peanut." [Illustration: THE SWARM OF BEES.] "How is this for a swarm of bees?" asked the Quill, gratified at his success, and dashing off this little artistic gem in an instant. "Ho!" ejaculated Jimmieboy. "What kind of bees are those? They aren't the honey kind that sting." "No, they are bees you can spell with, and don't sting," returned the Pen. "I like 'em better than the other kind." "Can you draw ostriches?" asked Jimmieboy. [Illustration: THE OSTRICH.] "I can try one," said the Pen. "How will this do?" he added, producing the following. "The horse part is all right, but I'm afraid the strich isn't so good," said the artist, as Jimmieboy threw himself on the floor in a paroxysm of laughter. "I never saw a strich, so why should I make a good one? I think it's real mean of you to laugh." "Well, really, Penny," said Jimmieboy, "I don't want to hurt your feelings, but that's the worst-looking animal I ever saw. But never mind; it's a better-looking creature than most monkeys." "I never saw a monkey," said the Pen. "How many legs has it?" "Two legs, two arms, a tail, and a head," Jimmieboy answered. [Illustration: THE MON-KEY.] "Something like this?" queried the Quill, dashing off a picture complacently--he felt so sure that this time he was right. "Very much like that," Jimmieboy replied, smothering his mirth for fear of offending the Quill, though if you will refer to the drawing you will see that the Quill was quite as inaccurate in his picture of the monkey as he was with his zebras. "I thought I'd get you to admit that that was a good monkey," observed the Quill, regarding his work with pride. "I've seen a good many keys, and, of course, when you said the creature had two legs, two arms, a tail, and a head, I knew that he was nothing but a key to whom had been given those precious gifts of nature. To draw a key is easy, and to provide it with the other features was not hard." Jimmieboy was silent. He was too full of laughter even to open his mouth, and so he kept it tightly closed.