Question

How does Toto take a bath? Where has he learnt to do this? How does Toto almost boil himself alive?

Answer 1

Toto first tests the temperature of the water with his hands and gradually steps into the bath. He steps with one foot followed by the other until the water is up to his neck. Then he would take the soap and rub himself with it. Once the water turned cold he would run out quickly to the kitchen-fire.
He has learnt to do it by watching the narrator doing the same.
One day Toto found a large kitchen kettle that had been kept for boiling tea. Having nothing better to do, Toto decided to remove the lid and get in. He sat inside with his head sticking out from the open kettle until the water began to boil. He raised himself when it was too hot but on finding the outside too cold he went right back into the kettle. This continued for quite a while until Grandmother hauled him out of the kettle.