XXXIV, Receiving 



BEATRICE is having so many visitors that 

 we are thinking of having a guest book and 

 requesting all callers to register. Certainly 

 her family is worth looking at, and up to 

 the present there have been no casualties. The whole 

 nine are feeding and frisking and laying on fat. 

 It is really amazing how fast they are growing. 

 They are not only plumper, but more certain on 

 their feet. Most of them can now stand on three 

 legs and scratch an ear with a hind foot without 

 losing their balance. And fight! I am really 

 ashamed of them. If a couple of the little rascals 

 meet when wandering around the pen they promptly 

 rush at each other with open mouths. Of course 

 they are not able to do any damage, and they may 

 really be playing, but their actions look bloodthirsty 

 and they manage to raise weals and welts on each 

 other's skins with their little teeth. All of them 

 have red marks along their sides, faintly visible, that 



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