Now that they were quiet his ears could work for him.

The ear on the side of the orange eye works perfectly well in most cases.

My ears weren't working a whole lot better than my eyes.

One of the ten thousand rules is, ears work better than eyes.

It won't be perfect, but it should seem as if both ears are working better.

I mean do I wish ears worked that way too.

And his ears weren't working as well as they should, either.

At first my eyes and ears did not work very well, but after a while I began to see and hear clearly.

"I thought those pointed ears of yours might not be working."

Listen for the knock now; my ears don't work very well these days.