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... ready to play . It is great fun to see her run round after her tail . 8. But sometimes she growls and looks cross , and then I am afraid to touch her for fear she will scratch me . 9. When she is hungry she comes and mews until she gets ...
... ready to play . It is great fun to see her run round after her tail . 8. But sometimes she growls and looks cross , and then I am afraid to touch her for fear she will scratch me . 9. When she is hungry she comes and mews until she gets ...
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... ready to scratch . 12. My pussy knows that a dog is stronger in the jaws than she is ; and so , when a strange dog comes about , she gives him a scratch with both her paws , and then gets into some safe place as soon as she can . DAISY ...
... ready to scratch . 12. My pussy knows that a dog is stronger in the jaws than she is ; and so , when a strange dog comes about , she gives him a scratch with both her paws , and then gets into some safe place as soon as she can . DAISY ...
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... ready to pounce upon it as we came in . We gave a great shout ; two of the kittens sprang back to their mother , and one rushed head first into a large boot that lay in one corner , and the mouse got away . Here is the story in verse ...
... ready to pounce upon it as we came in . We gave a great shout ; two of the kittens sprang back to their mother , and one rushed head first into a large boot that lay in one corner , and the mouse got away . Here is the story in verse ...
Page 54
... ready to start back in a moment . 5. He went closer and closer , until his little cold nose touched baby's mouth , when she woke with a sudden start , threw out her two little fat hands , and seized him by the whiskers . 6. Puff pulled ...
... ready to start back in a moment . 5. He went closer and closer , until his little cold nose touched baby's mouth , when she woke with a sudden start , threw out her two little fat hands , and seized him by the whiskers . 6. Puff pulled ...
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... ready to get up and be off whenever they are needed . 7. When they have a heavy load , they walk along slowly ; when a light one , they trot along quite rapidly . But if the doctor is needed , some- body jumps on the back of a horse ...
... ready to get up and be off whenever they are needed . 7. When they have a heavy load , they walk along slowly ; when a light one , they trot along quite rapidly . But if the doctor is needed , some- body jumps on the back of a horse ...
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Page 10 - OLD Mother Hubbard Went to the cupboard, To get her poor dog a bone: But when she got there The cupboard was bare, And so the poor dog had none.
Page 9 - Hey, diddle diddle, the cat and the fiddle, The cow jumped over the moon. The little dog laughed to see such sport, And the dish ran away with the spoon!
Page 30 - Pussy cat, pussy cat, where have you been ? I've been to London to see the Queen. Pussy cat, pussy cat, what did you there ? I frightened a little mouse under the chair.
Page 33 - Nine teeth had little kitty, All in a row ; And they bit the little mousie, Long time ago. When the teeth bit little mousie, Little mouse cried " Oh !" 'But she got away from kitty, Long time ago.
Page 33 - Once there was a little kitty Whiter than snow; In a barn she used to frolic, Long time ago. In the barn a little mousie Ran to and fro; For she heard the kitty coming, Long time ago.
Page 42 - ... the little dog. He set the can down by the side of the path and dashed off down stream as hard as he could run. When he had got well below the little dog he sprang into the river and swam out into the middle of the stream just in time to catch the helpless dog as he was being swept down the stream. Mungo seized him by the neck in such a way as to keep his head above the water, swam with him safely to the shore and dragged him high and dry out of the water. After shaking himself he cuffed the...
Page 22 - When pussy runs up a tree, her sharp nails hold on to the bark, and she uses her hind claws as well as the fore ones. This is what I read in a book a little while ago about a cat's claws, and I thought it very strange: "The claws of a cat grow very fast, just as our nails do, and, if the cat did not rub them off, they would grow so long that she could not use them. So, when the cat feels that her nails are getting too long, she scratches something hard until she wears them down to the right length....
Page 26 - The cat's tongue is covered with little hooks, all pointing backward, so that when the food is in her mouth, the rough tongue helps her swallow it. With this rough tongue she laps up milk, licks the plate clean when she is fed, and licks the meat off from bones. "The dog's jaws are strong, so he crushes bones and eats the meat, bones and all; but the cat's jaw are not strong enough for that, so she gets the meat off with her rough tongue.
Page 48 - ... comes around whose looks he does not like. He just stands straight and his hair begins to rise. Then he raises his upper lip so as to show his long teeth, and give a very low growl. Next he steps forward a little and gives two or three short and snappish growls, and then somebody had better look out. One day my mother was coming up the lane, and met a tramp, who made a motion to take hold of her. Rover made one spring, and his jaws snapped. The fellow yelled, and as he ran away he limped as though...
Page 40 - ... than those of a cat and they hang down by the side of his head. Some dogs have ears that stand up and point forward. My sister has a little white terrier, Gyp, whose hair is silky and much longer than Rover's, and it hangs down over his eyes in a very funny way. He can see very well for all that. Dogs do not hunt for rats and mice, but if a rat comes in sight when Gyp is about, he gives one bound and a snap, and there is a dead rat. When Gyp is asleep, if we call out "Rats," he springs up and...