|Bow-wow! Who are you? I am only a little dog. My name is Dime. I am not
a cross dog. I have been a pet dog all my life. Shall I tell you what I
can do?
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I can sit up and beg. I can shake hands. I can jump over a stick, O yes;
and I can run very fast. I can run as fast as Pomp, the baker's dog; and
Pomp is a big dog.
I like to run races with Pomp. He never bites a little dog. We like to
run after birds. But we never catch any birds. They fly away when we
come near. I wonder how the birds fly. Pomp and I cannot fly.
My master has a cow. Her name is Betty. She is a good cow. She gives
nice, white milk. I do not care much for milk. I like a bone better. But
old Tab, the cat, likes milk. I like to see Tab drink milk. She laps it
up very fast.
I drive Betty to pasture every day. John goes with me to shut the gate.
John is the boy who milks the cow.
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I wish I could open and shut that gate. Then John would not go to the
pasture. I should like to go all alone. I think it would be fine.
I take good care of Betty. When any one comes near her, I say, "Bow-wow"
very sharply.
--B. E. SPRAGUE.
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