they were crowded , though , and at first they were distracted by a little squabbling among the little dragons : caesar was still the largest of those three , but kulingile had eaten nearly four times as much last night , with all that caesar had been able to do , and was not so very far off ; and tharunka , who of course was still very small , had the very reasonable contention that as this was in her country , the pavilion was more nearly hers than anyone else 's , and so she ought have the best place .