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 ''toes up behind Nicky and takes his paint brush away. Nicky reaches for it, not finding it, looks puzzled, hunts for it and discovers the little boy.'']

[Holding up the paint brush, laughing]

Hello, Nicky! What will you give me for this?

A spanking.

O no, you couldn’t!

Couldn’t I? Why couldn’t I, I’d like to know?

[Smiling and giving the Dwarf the brush]

You don’t look like a spanker, Nicky.