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Title: Dogs and puppies
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Montgomery, Frances Trego Hofsten, Hugo von, ill
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Publisher: New York : Barse & Hopkins
Contributing Library: Boston Public Library
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,, .M NOW, CHILDREN, I MUST BEGIN TO TEACH YOU SOME MANNEES. Dogs and Puppies did not mean to waste any time, and ran back,and Gypsy went on:— First of all, never, never scratch or bite achild, no matter how badly it hurts you. Let itpull your ears and tail, and sit on you, but never,never, bite. And Gypsy here looked very sol-emn, as if to try to make her children see howwicked it would be for a dog to hurt a child. Another thing, she went on, is this: Whenyou are playing in the house, be very carefulnot to upset anything, and above all things, ifyou find a slipper or a shoe lying around any-where, do not shake it to pieces, nor bite holes init. If you do, you will be sure to be whippedand put out of doors. Cant we play at all, said Fritz. Do theyexpect us to lie down and sleep all of the time,the way a cat does ? No, of course not, said Gypsy. A littleexperience will teach you what you can playwith. Maybe they will give you a ball, or may- 10
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THEY HAD A GREAT TIME DECIDING WHICH WAS THE PRETTIEST- Dogs and Puppies be an old rubber, that you can play with when-ever you want to. And, children, here Gypsy looked straightat Buster, with a frown that made him hide hishead behind Pretty, no matter what else youdo, dont steal from the pantry. I didnt, began Buster—, but his motherinterrupted him. No, I know you didnt, butyou would have if you could. And another thing, almost the most import-ant of all, is to remember to be dignified. Youare not common dogs, and so must not forgetalways to be on your dignity. You are BostonTerriers, and your grandfather was Aladdin.Remember this, my children, and be proud of it.I should die of shame if any of my childrenshould fail to live up to the reputation of ourfamily. And now wise old Gypsy saw that her puppieswere restless, for it is very hard for puppies tosit still very long at a time, and so, with a part- 11 Dogs and Puppies ing warning to remember all she had told them,she let them ru

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