Звездный десант
Chapter 8
Whenyourpuppymademistakes,wereyouangry?"
"What?Why,hedidn’tknowanybetter;hewasjustapuppy."
"Whatdidyoudo?"
"Why,Iscoldedhimandrubbedhisnoseinitandpaddledhim."
"Surelyhecouldnotunderstandyourwords?"
"No,buthecouldtellIwassoreathim!"
"Butyoujustsaidthatyouwerenotangry."
Mr.Duboishadaninfuriatingwayofgettingapersonmixedup."No,butIhadtomakehimthinkIwas.Hehadtolearn,didn’the?"
"Conceded.But,havingmadeitcleartohimthatyoudisapproved,howcouldyoubesocruelastospankhimaswell?Yousaidthepoorbeastiedidn’tknowthathewasdoingwrong.Yetyouindictedpain.Justifyyourself!Orareyouasadist?"
Ididn’tthenknowwhatasadistwas—butIknewpups."Mr.Dubois,youhaveto!Youscoldhimsothatheknowshe’sintrouble,yourubhisnoseinitsothathewillknowwhattroubleyoumean,youpaddlehimsothathedarnwellwon’tdoitagain—andyouhavetodoitrightaway!Itdoesn’tdoabitofgoodtopunishhimlater;you’lljustconfusehim.Evenso,hewon’tlearnfromonelesson,soyouwatchandcatchhimagainandpaddlehimstillharder.Prettysoonhelearns.Butit’sawasteofbreathjusttoscoldhim."ThenIadded,"Iguessyou’veneverraisedpups."
"Many.I’mraisingadachshundnow—byyourmethods.Let’sgetbacktothosejuvenilecriminals.Themostviciousaveragedsomewhatyoungerthanyouhereinthisclass...andtheyoftenstartedtheirlawlesscareersmuchyounger.Letusneverforgetthatpuppy.
