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kitten : no school-board officer troubles his sunny 

 days ; he has no perpetual nightmare of scamped 

 lessons to disturb his childish slumber. His sole 

 occupation, save when he is sent on an errand by his 

 parents, consists of his games, .into which he enters 

 with all the gusto of an absolutely untrammelled 



MY TRACKER SIMBA WITH THREE I NSW ALA JUST SHOT. 



nature. He has also his little toy puzzles like 

 civilized children, and the game which has been 

 given the name of diabolo in England has been known 

 to African children time out of mind. His education 

 is short and terminates with his ability to count ten, 

 though his imagination and mental powers are 

 certainly enlarged by the tales and legends he hears 

 from his elders as they sit around the fire at night. 



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