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point. You can take care of yourself now ; 

 I'm hungry, and it's long past my dinner hour. 

 Bye-bye ! " and off he goes at a sharp trot. 

 One day he behaved atrociously. We had 

 reached the top of the hill together, and I 

 said to him, " Now, Caesar, you must go home. 

 I want to walk through the wood, and dogs are 

 not allowed there ; so go back home like a good 

 dog." He gave me a comical wink with that 

 one eye of his, and off he trotted towards home. 

 I watched him till he was out of sight, and I 

 started off into the wood. I had a general 

 permission from the owner to ramble where 

 I liked, provided I took no dog with me. I 

 had got into the middle of the wood, when 

 suddenly, at some distance off, a cock pheasant 

 fluttered up, which surprised me, and there 

 was Caesar close at my heels. When he had 

 got round the corner out of my sight he dashed 

 into the wood, roused up that cock pheasant, 

 and then I found him innocently creeping 

 behind me. I seized him by the collar, and 

 gave him a good thrashing; he was very 

 penitent, said he would never do it again, and 

 for a time he kept his promise, but he soon 

 forgot and was off again. Fortunately for him 



