Dashan was clearly teasing the little red panda, toying with the apple a few times before snatching it up and leaping onto the wooden table in the courtyard. Then he placed the apple on the edge of the table where the little red panda could see it but couldn't reach it. Dashan himself squatted nearby to watch.
The wooden table was just a tad too tall for the little red panda when it stood up. So, the little fellow stood up, raising its two front paws, and hopped trying to grab the apple on the edge of the table.
At that moment, Pei Jie called out in the tone of a eunuch from TV dramas, "Little~Fu~zi~"
The little red panda, which had been bouncing around the table, turned its head, but its standing motion was unstable and, distracted, it fell backward, landing on its bottom and toppling over.
Pei Jie shifted his gaze back and said to Pei Liang, "There you go, a real picture of clumsiness."
Pei Liang didn't respond.
