. Pierrot, dog of Belgium . PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM I The children called him Pierrot from thefirst. That is, of course, no proper namefor a Flemish dog, but you see Mere Mariehad come from Dinant, where almost every-body speaks French, and she had beentaught French in school. Besides, she hadFrench friends in Brussels and was very fondof everything French and warm and south-ern. So she had often told the childrenstories about Harlequin and Columbine andPierrot; and when they saw what a comical,clumsy little fellow the puppy was, and howmuch he looked as though he wore big, baggybreeches, Henr
. Pierrot, dog of Belgium . PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM I The children called him Pierrot from thefirst. That is, of course, no proper namefor a Flemish dog, but you see Mere Mariehad come from Dinant, where almost every-body speaks French, and she had beentaught French in school. Besides, she hadFrench friends in Brussels and was very fondof everything French and warm and south-ern. So she had often told the childrenstories about Harlequin and Columbine andPierrot; and when they saw what a comical,clumsy little fellow the puppy was, and howmuch he looked as though he wore big, baggybreeches, Henri called him drole Pierrot,*and wee Lisa clapped her fat little hands andlaughed 4 PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM Jean Van Huyk had brought Pierrot homein his arms one spring evening and hadtumbled him out upon the floor of the cot-tage to startle Henri and Lisa. But theyrefused to be frightened, for Henri was learn-ing the rules of courage and Lisa thoughtat first that the puppy was a baby she fell upon him and sought tohug him to her plump little bosom, but Pierrotonly bit her ear and made her squeal with de-light, and then wriggled out of her arms andhurriedly waddled over to Henri, who rolledhim over on his back and tickled his round littlestomach. Whereat Pere Jean roared loudlyand old Granpere cackled from his chair. Then shaggy old Luppe, who had pulledMere Maries milk-cart for seven years,yawned tremendously, dragged himself la-boriously to his feet, stalked over from thedoorway and sniffed at Pierrot, and thenturned back with a look of dignified By this ceremony Pierrot was constitutedan accepted member of the household. PIERROT, DOG O
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