Forte watched old dog John having such a wonderful time with the little magic mouse, grinned, and laughed as well. He shook McBain's arm and said, "Grandpa, the little magic mouse gets along so well with John. How about we keep another one for fun?"
McBain had long been struggling not to laugh. He crouched down and teased the little magic mouse, only to find that it was not afraid of him in the slightest. "Of course! John needs a little animal companion too! But giving it a name is quite a problem. What should we call this little magic mouse?"
Una's eyes darted around as she said, "How about calling it Rick?"
McBain murmured, "Rick, Rick... That sounds like a pretty good name! Then how about we call the John-and-Rick duo John & Rick?"
Suddenly, John barked, startling McBain. But it immediately licked him to show its friendliness. Meanwhile, Rick, the little magic mouse atop John's head, promptly jumped onto McBain's head, spun around in a circle, and hopped back down. Clearly, they both liked the name Rick very much!
Una smiled. "Grandpa McBain, I didn't expect this little magic mouse to like you so much in addition to John. We can keep the little magic mouse from now on. Maybe John and Rick can become really good friends!"
Forte laughed too. "We happen to have some nuts with us. Why don't we let little Rick have some and build up our friendship?"
He took out a box of nuts, placed four or five in his palm, and offered them to Rick. Rick immediately snatched them up and stuffed them into its mouth.
Forte burst out laughing. "It looks like little Rick really likes us. We might be able to become great friends with it!"
At that moment, Uchiha