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One day, when I had not had a morsel to eat, a 

 dog chased me out from behind an ash barrel where 

 I was hiding. Some boys were coming along the 

 street. When they saw me running, they gave a 

 cruel shout and started after me. 



I knew then that It was a race for life that I was 

 running. On and on I went, the boys after me. 

 I left the alley and, In my haste, turned corner 



The Flight ot Limpety 



after corner, until I reached a part of the city 

 where I had never been before. Here the houses 

 were quite fine and large. 



It was morning, and there were few people in 

 the street. In front of one of the houses a nurse 

 was pushing a child up and down In a wheeled chair. 



It was In the corner of the steps leading up to 

 this house that I took shelter and turned at last 



