THE CAT= 



Dido 



We have got the prettiest kitten you ever saw, 

 — a dark tabby, — and we have christened her by 

 the heathenish name of Dido. You would be very 

 much diverted to see her hunt Herbert all round 

 the kitchen, playing with his little bare feet, which 

 she just pricks at every pat; and the faster he 

 moves back, the more she paws them, at which he 

 cries, " Naughty Dido ! " and points to his feet, 

 and says, " Hurt, hurt, naughty Dido ! " Pres- 

 ently he feeds her with comfits, which Dido plays 

 with awhile, but soon returns to her old game. 



Robert Southey to Lieutenant Southey. 



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