THE STORY OF BOB. 



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"when Bob would strike him in the face with the flat of his hand. 

 Rover would snap at him, barking indignantly; but he never 

 caught him, and Bob was careful to keep out of his reach. His 

 discretion could be counted on to get the better of his courage. 

 With the little terrier. Dandy, Bob's relations were often friendly, 

 although there was very little mutual trust. At one time Dandy 

 was deep in the ivy in search of a rat, while Bob had also entered 

 the ivy by another opening for other reasons. They met in the 

 dark in a rat-hole through the ivy leaves, and a sharp conflict 

 ensued, marked by much scolding on the one part and pulling of 

 hair and barking on the other. When Dandy had dragged Bob 

 to the light, both were very . ^ ^^_^ 



much surprised, and they 

 parted with mutual apolo- 

 gies and much shamefaced- 

 ness. 



Being ofiiered a glass of 

 milk. Bob looked at it for a 

 moment, then took the glass 

 in both hands and drank 

 from it. His mouth being 

 small, much of the milk 

 was spilled on the floor. 

 Being then ofi^ered a glass 

 partly full, he handled it 

 more deftly, seeming to 

 understand how to use it. 

 When offered a pewter cup 

 with a handle, he took it in 

 both hands and drank as 

 from the glass, but, notic- 

 ing the handle, he set the 

 cup down and raised it 

 again properly. Then he 

 drank from it as a child of 

 any other race would have 

 done. He soon learned to 

 drink water from bottles. 

 If the bottle were large, he 

 would use one of his hands 

 to hold it, guiding it to his 



mouth by his hinder legs. At the first trial he understood the 

 purpose of the cork, which he would draw with his teeth. Then 

 he would look down into the neck of the bottle to see if the water 

 were really there and no deception practiced on him. He also 

 usually shook the bottle before drinking, apparently a custom in 



In Devotions. 



