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Polly 



One day a very sad thing- happened. A cat got 

 Into the room where the 

 cages of the two birds 

 hung. When tlie mistress 

 came in to feed them, noth- 

 ing- was left of poor Bobl^y 

 but two or three yellow 

 feathers scattered about. 

 The wires of the cage 

 were bent apart where the 

 cat had reached through. It had eaten Bobby. 



The parrot was sitting very quietly and thought- 

 fully on its perch. As its mistress came in, Polly 

 said in a hoarse voice, " Poor Bobby ! Poor Bobby ! 

 Bobby want his head scratched ? " 



After Bobby was gone, 



Polly did not scream so 



much. 



There w^as a little dog 



named Gyp that lived in 



the house. 



Polly learned to imitate 



the whistle that called 



Gyp to go for a walk. A 

 dozen times a dav Polly would whistle for him, and 



Gyp 



