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came home she was so busy at first, telling of all 

 she had seen and hearing the home news, that she 

 did not think of Tiny. When she remembered him, 

 she went to the door and looked about. 



" Where's Tiny ? " she asked. 



Then her father told her that after she had left, 

 the old sheep had grown so very cross that they 

 could not stand him any longer. He had been 

 sent away with some other sheep, and she would 

 not see him again. 



" Poor, poor, old Tiny !" said Nelly, but in her 

 heart she was not very sorry. 



WHAT BECAME OF THE KITTENS 



Blackie was a very uncommon cat. She was 

 so intelligent that sometimes it seemed as though 

 she must understand what was said to her. 



She could climb like a squirrel. One day Alice 

 saw her in the very top of the Lombardy poplar, 

 the highest tree on the place. There she was, 

 swinging about in the wind like a black spot 

 among the leaves. 



Blackie was a fine mouser. She was also an 



