. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 208 TILLIE TEXAS. At midnight she would get up and warm a bowl of milk, . Tillie would sit up and clasp her paws around the bowl to hold it steady. Then she drank all she wanted. After this she would lie down again and suck her paw till she fell asleep. She made a humming. noise all the while, that sounded like the buzzing of hundreds of bees. When she grew older she took great delight in standing in the wood-shed door and attracting a crowd of boys to the fence. When she was tired of walking o
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 208 TILLIE TEXAS. At midnight she would get up and warm a bowl of milk, . Tillie would sit up and clasp her paws around the bowl to hold it steady. Then she drank all she wanted. After this she would lie down again and suck her paw till she fell asleep. She made a humming. noise all the while, that sounded like the buzzing of hundreds of bees. When she grew older she took great delight in standing in the wood-shed door and attracting a crowd of boys to the fence. When she was tired of walking on her hind feet and holding a stick in her paws she would go behind the door, and close it in the laughing faces of the children. Tillie enjoyed jumping into a tub of water on a warm summer day and splashing it all over herself. The little girls were careful to draw their dresses close about them if they passed her in the water; for she was very affectionate, and always wanted to give them a hug with her wet Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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