Temple Haynes pointed at pictures in turn with a stick, inviting the little men to name them

Temple Haynes pointed at pictures in turn with a stick, inviting the little men to name them. He seemed pleased to see Moneypenny. "I don't seen to getting very far with this dialect," he said. "They keep saying the same thing. They seem to give everything the same name." He read off a weird word from his notebook. "That," he said.

"Yes," said Moneypenny. "That means 'picture'."

"Why do you have more than one picture of each thing?" asked Crabbe.

"That," said Temple Haynes, "is for plurals."

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