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sleep, un then twaz warrhock ta any sparra or whitefinch or robbin 

 ithcr uz cum athin is recch. But tha got up toot at last, un specially 

 tha sparras ; un then wot dy think a dun — wy a turnd to upon the 

 Rots, 



We ad all at once tha dyuce un all a rots, un wher tha cum from 

 why Ime shure I dwont knauw, but awever tha seemed to use ta 

 get ther prog princaply from tha pigs vittells. 



"Well, at fust, a seemed ta use ta like ther cumpney un wen tha 

 did cum 1 or 2 at a time, a'd look quite pleesed un stand un watch 

 um un talk to um like jest as a used to do along a tha robbins but 

 when tha birds got shire un tha rots moor numerouser un did 

 cum J a duzn ur a duzn at a time, 1 de quite onexpectedly a piches 

 into um un massycrees 2 on um un ater that wenever a seed a likely 

 chance heed fly at um jest like any uther reglar bred tarrier un a 

 yused ta kip up them ther geems up ta tha de uv is deth wich took 

 pleece soon ater a wus seesed for my rent wich somehow or nother 

 unfornutly got into rare. 



Now as for Sally she wus allis of a weeklier constitution like as 

 we ma say un dident thrive not neer sa well un so we yused for 

 ta let her run in un out a tha taproom un bask afore tha fire along 

 a tha ducks which I shal ave more ta say about them presenly but 

 a got sassier nor ever Now ther was 2 or 3 fellas a mendin the 

 rodes jest bi our ouse un 1 de tha cum in jest ta ave a pint a beer 

 ath ther dinners wich was bred un chees or summut a that deskryp- 

 shun rapped up in ther ankychers. 1 on um appened ta put down 

 isn for a minnit un I be hanged if Sally dident collar it un finished 

 it (ankycher included) amost afore a cud say Jack Robison. "Well 

 ater that none on um cud leave a hankycher about or cum into tha 

 house ath 1 in his hand but her must knauw all about it un see 

 what a'd got in in but blessy a'd yused ta sarve we wuss nor that. 

 Sumtimes when weed got a bit a beecon un greens or anything a 

 that sort the missis ud teek up tha greens out a tha top a tha pot 

 un put um upon the pleet upon the teeble fust (cos we allis likes 

 um biled along a the beecon tha be so much richer) while her wus 

 a getting out the beecon un I do assure you as if I wusnt standin 

 sentry like all the time Ime blessed if that ther pig woodnt either 

 jump up on his ind legs on the teble or else upset un un cler tha 

 dish a evry teter or green as was in in afore a could well look round. 



Now tha observetion as I got to meek about that ther is as this 

 here when a pet dog or amost any other sort a pet a dun anything 

 a roguery he knows on it un'll cut away from e but a pig on't — he'll 

 stand un grunt un snort un squeak at e like a bear un bully e out 

 on't. 



But a got sa mischievious at last as I coodn't kip un no longer 

 a did offend so many a our customers un so I sowld un to a man 

 at Santers fur amost nothin at all jest ta get rid on in — but I had 

 ard work ta get tha missis ta part with un thauw. 



Pon me life tha partin atwixt thay 2 wus quite cuttin un a got 

 out a is sty un cum un see us once or twice ater that. I dwont 



