No doubt supper is an excellent thing if one does not eat too much of it. Some people, indeed, think that it is better to eat no supper; but the foxes do not think so; and, from the way in which they enjoyed it, no doubt it did them much good. They had neither knives, nor forks, nor spoons. In fact they had nothing but their teeth and claws, which, however, served very well to tear the goose and duck in pieces. They had no napkins to wipe their paws on, so they used their tails instead. This was rather a curious thing to do; but it showed a desire to have clean paws, which was very proper, for dirty paws are extremely disagreeable, and so are dirty hands, dear children.