Domestic Animals 23 



"He fared much better than the dog in the story," 

 laughed Miss Clare. " Don't you remember how 



"Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard 



To get her poor dog a bone, 

 And when she got there, the cupboard was bare, 

 And so the poor dog had none"? 



With a ruler they measured Bruno, his length, 

 height, tail, and ears, examined his eyes in the light 

 and in the dark, felt of his coat, searched for whiskers, 

 and studied his color. Miss Clare questioned if 

 dogs were always larger than cats. 



"Yes," was the decided answer from all but quiet 

 little Johnnie, who said he had seen a dog smaller 

 than an Angora cat. 



This reminded the guessers that dogs varied in 

 size, and they came to the conclusion "that some 

 dogs were as small as cats, but that no cat was as 

 big as a large dog." 



They noticed that Bruno walked a little lame. 

 "What makes him?" inquired John. 



"When he was a small dog," said Miss Clare, 

 "he was out playing with his little master in a field 

 near a railroad. The boy was throwing sticks for 



