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Bianca thought there had never been such won- 

 derful or beautiful puppies before. She was so 

 delighted with them that she could hardly take time 

 to eat during the first few days. The moment any- 

 one came into the woodshed where they were kept 



she began to wag 

 her tail so hard you 

 could hear It beating 

 against the side of 

 the box. 



Any one might 

 have thought that 

 Bianca would be 

 satisfied with five 

 babies to take care 

 of. So she was at 

 first. 



Then one day 

 when Major Smith 

 went to the woodshed, there in the box with the 

 puppies was a live baby rabbit. Bianca must 

 have gone out to the fields and caught it there. 



Bianca looked up at her Master with the proud- 

 est, most pleased look, as though to ask, " Well, 

 and what do you think of that}" 



Bianca with the Rabbit 



