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CONTENTS. 



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Madam Owl and the Chickens . . 117 



Zack, the Cockatoo 119 



Machines that Creep aud Fly . . J 20 



Robbie and the Moose . . . . 122 



Dusky George and his Coon . . 1 23 



Little. Carpenters with Wings . . 126 



Dot and the Portmanteau . . . 127 



Shuffle, the Alligator 128 



Scamp and the Fat Woman . . . 130 



Our Jenny 133 



A Moving Nursery 134 



The Goose and the Geese . . . 136 



Snowball and the Lobster . . . 139 



The Black Sheep 142 



Josephine 144 



The Rabbit and the Porcupine . . 145 



Philo's Funny Team 146 



Beppo 149 



How Lena Fed the Lamb . . . 151 



Lizzie, the Elephant 153 



Some Queer Ants 154 



The King of Birds 156 



The Canoe of the Water-Moth . . 159 



Polly and Prince 161 



Tibby Tab's Nest 162 



A Very Funny Colt 164 



Sleepy-Heads 166 



Cunning Mice 167 



The New Nest 169 



Duke and the Chickens .... 172 



Josie and his Pigeon 174 



The Cat aud the Can 175 



A Hen-quiry . . . •. . . . 178 



Ned's Black Lamb 179 



The Baby Monkey 181 



IIow Birds Use their Bills ... 182 



The Jealous Little Dog .... 183 



Going to the Golden Wedding . . 185 



The Two Goats 187 



The White Egg 188 



Some Funny Fellows 191 



Naughty Nasua- 192 



Slippery Solomon 196 



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Saved from Freezing to Death . . 200 



Helen's Daisy 202 



Scamp and Psyche 204 



Dinner for Three 206 



Tillie Texas 207 



Up Came a Little Ant .... 209 



A Cat-astrophe 210 



Railway Jack 213 



Fisherman Pussy 214 



A Bad Neighbor 216 



Tommie, a Pet Prairie Dog . . . 219 



Catching the Colt . ■ 221 



A Queer Animal 223 



Scamp's Visit to Coney Island . . 224 



The Things that Happened ... 227 



A Dog Hospital 229 



The Pet Lizards ...... 230 



A Fantastic Fly-Catcher .... 232 



Baby Bruin 235 



A Sad Story 237 



Sailor Babies 241 



Bowser 244 



" Sandy," the Runaway Colt . . 246 



How Silk is Made 248 



How the Pigs were Raised . . . 250 



Dame Gilfin and her Goats . . . 252 



A Letter from a Christmas Turkey . 254 



What Puss Heard 256 



Tabb}' and Josey 257 



Fido's Appeal 259 



Hoppy's First Egg 260 



Wise Snow-drop and Silly BQIy . 262 



Bad Sir Moses 264 



C. O. D 266 



Queen, — A True Story .... 267 



Major and the Kitten 269 



A Peep at the Menagerie . . . 270 



" Look here. Stupid ! " .... 272 



Mollie and the Sparrows . . . . 274 



An Afternoon at the Circus. . . 275 



Chucky and his Picture .... 277 



Wise Little Sparrows 279 



The Butterfly Wedding .... 281 



