Then the young man said to the platypus, "son don't drink your friends or their shoes." The platypus looked up at the man without understanding and bit off his toe. The young man said, "well i never did tell you not to eat my toes. Don't eat my toes." The platypus went to the corner of the box and ate some cucombers and the young man became quite aquainted with the platypus, but the platypus was not aquanted with him.