When Maxwell took Mijbil to the bathroom on a lead, the otter went wild with joy in the water. He plunged and rolled in the bathtub, shot up and down underwater, and made a great deal of splash and slosh — enough, as Maxwell says, for a hippo. This showed that otters love water and feel the need to keep it moving and spread it around.
Two days later, Mijbil escaped from the bedroom and ran to the bathroom on his own. Maxwell found him at the tap, fumbling at the chromium taps with his paws. In less than a minute, Mij turned the tap far enough to produce a trickle, and soon achieved a full flow of water.
Source: Mijbil the Otter, Section II and continuation
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