DUKE AND THE CHICKENS. 



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I WILL tell you about something naughty that Duke, the large 

 black and white dog, did, and how he was cured of it. He thought 

 it was great fun to chase the chickens. When the chickens were 

 very small he would run after them and catch one. Then he 

 would carry it around in his mouth, and when he was tired of play- 

 ing with it he would dig a hole in the ground and bury it. 



Whenever anybody saw Duke catch a chicken he would run 

 after the dog and scold him, and, if he could get close to him. 



would switch him. But it was not easy to get very close to him, 

 for when he saw any one coming he would scamper off. 



Duke always took care not to drop the chicken. Sometimes he 

 would hold the bird in his mouth so that it would not show, and 

 sometimes just one little yellow foot' would' hang out. 



