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"One puppy dog with brown spots on white?" Jock went on.
"Where is it?" asked father, and his eyes were laughing; you could not
see his mouth for his beard.
Then we told him, and he said "Yes," just at the garden gate. So that
was how we got Rover.
* * * * *
Rover was very soft and downy when he first came to us. But he soon
grew to be a big dog.
Jock and I taught him many tricks; and he can beg very nicely, if we
let him get on the couch in the dining-room.
We put sugar on his nose, and he waits until we count One, Two, THREE.
Then he throws the sugar into the air and catches it.
* * * * *
DOLLY DIMPLE
BY F. TAPSELL
"Oh dear, I am so lonely, and it is so dark! I do want my dear Dolly
Dimple. I think I will go and fetch her." And little four-year-old
Babs got out of bed and felt her way to the door.
The door was just a wee crack open. As she peeped in, Babs saw that
there was a light in the room, and the sight which met her eyes almost
made her cry out.
On the floor stood Dolly Dimple in her very best frock, and Mr.
Jollyman was asking her to dance with him.
Teddy Bear was at work on the big drum, and the clown was turning the
organ to make music for the dolls to dance to.
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