with a lid should be provided for it as its 

 own sacred dwelling-place. In this, on a bed 

 of much flannel, it slept comfortably enough at 

 night. During the day it lived partly in rooms, 

 partly in the open air, and partly in pockets. 

 S It became devotedly attached to all the 

 children. We had known cats and dogs and 

 had experience of their affection, but until 

 we met this waddling little stranger we 

 could never have believed that a mere spot 

 of a duck could have wound itself round our 

 hearts as this one did. If we put it down on 

 the lawn or on a path it would follow I was 

 about to say, like a dog, but that would be 

 an inadequate description. Certainly it was 

 like a dog in its determination to be with us 

 and not to lose us from view, but, on the 

 other hand, its progress was slow and unde- 

 viating, though its gait was by no means 

 solemn. It did not stop to investigate tufts 

 of grass, nor did it attempt to express its joy 

 by capering or by flank movements. It just 

 followed, pee-eeping occasionally when we 



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