This rabbit, which he had named Poland, had grown to worship him; she would come and smell his trousers, fawn on him and scratch him with her paws until he took her up like a child.
Cette lapine, qu'il avait lui-meme appelée Pologne, s'était mise a l'adorer, venait flairer son pantalon, se dressait, le grattait de ses pattes, jusqu'a ce qu'il l'eut prise comme un enfant.