Toto takes a bath by first cautiously testing the temperature of the water with his hand. Then he gradually puts one foot in the warm water and then the other, until he is immersed up to his neck. Toto also applies soap on himself, using his hands or feet, and rubs himself all over. He learned to take a bath by watching the narrator, imitating the proper steps of bathing. Toto is fond of bathing in warm water and imitates these actions as monkeys are good at mimicking others. Toto almost boiled himself alive when he found a large kitchen kettle left on the fire to boil water for tea. Seeing that the water was just warm enough, he removed the lid and got into the kettle with his head sticking out. Gradually, the water began to boil, and Toto, not understanding the danger, kept hopping up and down in the kettle until the grandmother arrived and pulled him out in time. In summary:
- Toto bathes by testing water temperature, then slowly entering and washing himself.
- He learned this from the narrator's example.
- Toto nearly boiled himself alive by hopping into a kettle of boiling water, mistaking it for a warm bath.
