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another piece. Then he called to 

 Edith, and she and Mamma came 

 and watched me until, as they said, I 

 was " stuffed as full as an egg." Two 

 or three times that day he fed me in the 

 same fashion, and I began then to get 

 over my fear of him. He did n't seem 

 to want to hurt me, and he was very, 

 very gentle with me ; and I even began, 

 once or twice, to snuggle down in his 

 hand, for it was so large and warm and 

 comfortable. Then that awful fear came, 

 and I sprang out of his reach and ran 

 to the end of his desk, and when he 

 reached out after me, I wildly leaped 

 off the desk, fell to the floor, and then 

 ran as fast as I could behind the desk 

 in order to be safe. 



We had several days of this, and I 

 soon found that when he fed me I need 



