premise: He was a fabulous hunter : he cleared out all the moles in our yard , then he went after the voles and field mice , and then he went after the garter snakes ( that was rough on me ; he wanted to play with them before he killed them ) and then he went after grasshoppers . We did n't have squirrels at that time , or he would have gone after them , too . Had lunch at a place with red - checked tablecloth . What did you pay the hunter for the work he did ?
hypothesis: We paid him a salary even though he was a dog the salary would be used on toys for him