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BEfPO. 



After that he came every day. He was very grateful for his food, 

 and would rub his head against my hand as if to thank me. He 

 soon grew very plump. Whenever I took a stroll he would walk 



along beside me, and if he saw a boy he would come very close to- 

 me indeed. 



One morning I heard some merry voices near my window. I 

 looked out and saw Beppo walking slowly by, with four laughing^ 

 rosy-cheeked :little girls on his back. Perhaps you will smile if I 

 tell you they were not riding lady-fashion either. 



" Where are you going, Suaie, Ethel, Mabel, and Maud? " I cried.. 



