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QUEEN. 



Queen had scratched together in a snug pile some fallen leaves. 

 Upon this pretty bed lay eight little doggies, sleeping as sweetly as 

 if tL^ey had not been in the water at all. How did they get there? 



Queen had carried them there, to be sure. She had saved her 

 babies, all but one. 



Do you not think Queen was a royal mother? The master thought 

 so, and told her, as she had saved her babies, she might keep them. 

 How did Queen ever find out that the baby doggies were thrown 

 into the creek ? Ah ! no one knows that but Queen, and she will 

 not tell. 



