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10 A Talk in the Orchard

           Shewassofondofmethatsheneverwouldsleepoutofmystall;shemadeherbedunderthemanger,andthereshehadalitteroffiveasprettylittlepuppiesasneedbe;noneweredrowned,fortheywereavaluablekind,andhowpleasedshewaswiththem!andwhentheygottheireyesopenandcrawledabout,itwasarealprettysight;butonedaythemancameandtookthemallaway;IthoughthemightbeafraidIshouldtreaduponthem.Butitwasnotso;intheeveningpoorSkyebroughtthembackagain,onebyoneinhermouth;notthehappylittlethingsthattheywere,butbleedingandcryingpitifully;theyhadallhadapieceoftheirtailscutoff,andthesoftflapoftheirprettylittleearswascutquiteoff.Howtheirmotherlickedthem,andhowtroubledshewas,poorthing!Ineverforgotit.Theyhealedintime,andtheyforgotthepain,butthenicesoftflap,thatofcoursewasintendedtoprotectthedelicatepartoftheirearsfromdustandinjury,wasgoneforever.Whydon’ttheycuttheirownchildren’searsintopointstomakethemlooksharp?Whydon’ttheycuttheendofftheirnosestomakethemlookplucky?Onewouldbejustassensibleastheother.WhatrighthavetheytotormentanddisfigureGod’screatures?”

           SirOliver,thoughhewassogentle,wasafieryoldfellow,andwhathesaidwasallsonewtome,andsodreadful,thatIfoundabitterfeelingtowardmenriseupinmymindthatIneverhadbefore.OfcourseGingerwasverymuchexcited;sheflungupherheadwithflashingeyesanddistendednostrils,declaringthatmenwerebothbrutesandblockheads.

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