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Laura Elizabeth Howe Richards

Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or furry and feathery pets and how they live

Paperback (RareBooksClub.com May 13, 2012)
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1886 Excerpt: ...the lead in their adventures. Kitty's coat was gray, and her four legs were pure white. Mary eaid she wore white stockings and white gloves. 141) SNOWBALL AND THE LOBSTER. As the two kittens were walking across the kitchen floor to the door Snowball saw Tom's basket, and went up to see what was in it. With his nose he pushed up the lid of the basket. He found something alive under it. He turned around to call Kitty to come, and in doing so his tail fell across the now open basket. There was a cross old lobster inside the basket. He did not like to have Snowball's tail in his face; the hairs on it tickled his nose. So he just caught hold of the tail with his pincers. He gave it a strong nip, and would not let it go. 141 Poor Snowball mewed piteously, and ran round and round the kitchen, the lobster and the basket spinning round behind him. Seeing the trouble Snowball was in Kitty gave one frantic "mew," and ran out of the door. She perched in safety upon the fence. The luckless Snowball pulled so hard that he drew the lobster out of the basket. He ran out into the yard and around the house, where he was seen by the dog. Watch ran after the flying lobster. Tom heard Watch barking loudly, and went out to see what all the fuss was about. He rescued Snowball from the lobster, and the lobster from Snowball and Watch, and carried the shell-fish back into the house. As soon as Snowball was free he ran under the house. He could not be coaxed out all the rest of the day. He lay there, sadly looking at his poor tail, and licking it from time to time. Since then he has not seemed at all curious about baskets and their contents. THE BLACK SHEEP. Farmer Dale had a flock of sixty sheep. Sammy Dale had a flock of six sheep. They were all his own, and when their w...
ISBN
1232142662 / 9781232142669
Pages
54
Weight
4.2 oz.
Dimensions
7.4 x 0.1 in.

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