OUR SENTIMENTAL GARDEN 

 misunderstood and ran at him, and the chicken misunder 

 stood and ran away. The poor puppy was perplexed and 



, wounded. He always 

 believed every new 

 Teddy bear toy to 

 be alive at first, and 

 would receive it in a 

 rapture of tail-wagging 

 and nuzzling kisses, 

 until what time, it 

 dawning upon him 

 that Teddy was a 

 senseless fraud, he 

 set himself to shake 

 and worry it like 

 a little fury. Now 

 he is older and 

 wiser. He pretends 

 not to see cows, and 

 condemns chickens/ he 

 will growl at a strange dog, 

 bite and shake a new toy 

 very first day. Thus, alas, 

 do years make a cynic of the 

 young idealist ! 



e only plays with his own animals. 

 tiese are: Susan, the Butler's dog, and 

 Arabella, the Lavroch setter, a long, 

 lovely, lithe, foolish creature, whose surname is Stewart, 

 having come to Villino Loki out of far Scotland from a 

 distinguished member of that Royal clan. 

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