Of course Whitefoot should have promptly said that he was , but the truth is , Whitefoot was n't proud at all .<br>You see , he was so surprised that he had n't yet had time to feel that they were really his .<br>In fact , just then he felt a wee bit jealous of them .<br>It came over him that they would take all the time and attention of little Mrs. Whitefoot .<br>So Whitefoot did n't answer that question .<br>He simply sat and stared at those four squirming babies .<br>Finally little Mrs. Whitefoot gently pushed him out and followed him .

Can we draw the following conclusion?
Whitefoot realized the babies would take all the time and attention of Mrs. Whitefoot.
Yes