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of the comer of his eye and plainly enjoyed his 

 failures. Johnny stood looking at the bone ; Scotch 

 continued looking at Johnny. Suddenly Johnny 

 had an idea. He wheeled about, reached back with 

 his hind foot and knocked the bone forward where 

 he could pick it up with fore paws. Scotch, aston- 

 ished, leaped to his feet and walked off without a 

 bark or once looking back. 



When Johnny and Jenny were small they often 

 reminded me of a little boy and a little girl. Oft- 

 times they would follow me into my cabin. If I sat 

 down they would come close, stand on hind legs, 

 put fore paws on my knees, and look up at me. 

 They would play with my watch-string, peep into 

 my pockets, notice my pencil, or look at the but- 

 tons on my coat. Sometimes they would make a 

 round of the room, scrutinize an unusual knot in a 

 log, or stop to look for several seconds at the books in 

 the shelves or the last magazine-cover. Then again, 

 like children, they would walk round the room, tap 

 with their fore paws here and there, and hurry on as 

 children do. More than once they climbed up into 

 my lap, twitched my ears, touched my nose, played 

 with my hair, and finally fell off to sleep, one on 

 each arm. 



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