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" 9." " How many boys ? " I asked. " 3." " And 

 how many girls ? " "6." I thought that this state- 

 ment was due merely to her desire to make some 

 answer, so I put the same question the next day but 

 the reply was again, " 9." So I told my friend about 

 this and we awaited the interesting event in much 

 suspense it took place on the 22 June, 1916, in the 

 presence of my friend, the housekeeper and myself 

 and there were nine puppies \ two males and seven 

 little lady-dogs. I kept two of each, the others being 

 put to death at once by one of the farm hands, for 

 owing to the war, as well as to the fact that the pups 

 were not thoroughbreds, I could not undertake to 

 bring them all up. But, the question is how could 

 Lola have known that there would be nine ? 



1 At a meeting held by the Rolf Society at Stuttgart, Professo? 

 Ziegler accounted for this accurate knowledge by declaring that 

 prior to birth the puppies lie in a row within their mother's womb, 

 and that if one moves, the others proceed to move also, but only 

 one after the other. 



