NAUGHTY NA^iNA. 



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Buzz! buzz! what is that by the window: Something small 

 flying about, with a black and yellow jacket on. See, now it is 

 crawling on the floor, and Ifasna can catch it. IN^asna does catch 

 it, putting her soft paw on it. Mr. Wasp extends his sting, as the 

 utmost he has to offer. !N"asna squeaks wofuU}^, but does not 

 understand yet, so puts her nose down instead of her paw. This 

 time there is no doubt about the matter, and she retires in great 

 anguish to the kitchen. 



One day as she was playing about, tettci-ed by a string to a chair, 

 her master took an egg 

 and placed it on the .^f?¥l 



floor, at a very pro- 

 voking distance. IN^asna 

 could just touch it with 

 one paw, but could not 



get hold of it. She tried with fore paws, she tried with hind 

 paws; but all in vain: she only succeeded in rolling the egg a little 

 farther off. What was to be done? She sat down and looked at 

 the egg long and thoughtfully. At last she put her head on one 

 side and winked: she had an idea. She turned hor back on the 

 coveted treasure, and backed towards it as far as she could. Then 

 she grasped her tail with one paw, stiffened it and curved the tiji 

 almost into a hook, and, touching the egg with this hook, slowly 

 and cautiously rolled it round in front of hei-, till she could reach 

 it with her fore paw. Then, in triumph and much pride, she sat on 

 her haunches, cracked the egg, and sucked it, without spilling a drop. 

 Clever JSTasna! I think she deserved a good bi'eakfast, don't you? 



