Nur wenn er zufällig an der vorbereiteten Speise vorüberkam, nahm er zum Spiel einen Bissen in den Mund, hielt ihn dort stundenlang und spie ihn dann meist wieder aus.
Only if he happened to find himself next to the food that had been prepared for him he might take some of it into his mouth to play with it, leave it there a few hours and then, more often than not, spit it out again.