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than other dogs ? " "No." And then as though 

 after due reflection " no ! " (Emphatically.} 



ii May : I showed Lola a biscuit, shaped rather 

 imperfectly in the form of a fish, saying : " What is 

 this an animal that swims in the water ? " Reply : 

 " Fish ! " In this case I do not think she had really 

 recognized it, but had named the only animal she knew 

 of connected with water, which after all was rather 

 clever of her ! 



" 12 May : " Lola ! " I asked, " would you like to be 

 a human being ? " " No." " Why not ? " I asked 

 showing her a biscuit. She (promptly) : " I eat ! " 

 " No ! not till you have answered ! " " Because of 

 work ! " A little later I said : "Do you belong to me 

 Lola ? " Very energetically " No ! " " To whom 

 do you belong then ? " "To myself." " And to 

 whom do I belong ? do I belong to you ? " " No ! " 

 " Whose Henny am I ? " " Your own ! " These 

 amusing answers bear the very impress of the animal's 

 sense of independence : she is loth to be considered 

 a " chattel," like some chair or table ! 



17 May : In the presence of my friend and of two 

 dogs I asked her " Lola, why don't you like Dick ? " 

 (Dick being one of the dogs present.) " Too wild ! " 

 was Lola's comment. " What do you like best to 

 eat ? " " Ich ese wi so mag ! " "Is that quite 

 correct ? " "No." " Which word should be 

 different ? " " 4 ! " " Then what should it be ? " 

 " Ich." " So it is to be : ich esse wie ich mag ? " 

 " Ja ! " (=1 eat as (or what) I choose.) 



31 May : Lola did her sums badly, and I spoke very 

 seriously to her ; after which she improved, rapping 

 out an independent remark : " say I am good ! " 

 She wanted to hear that I was ready to " make it up " 

 again ! That evening, some friends being present 



