. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. A SAD STORY. " Ah me! " said the sponge. " Dear! dear! dear! well-a-day!" " What is the matter? " asked the bath-tub. " Have you been squeezed too hard, or has the nurse rubbed soap on you again? I know soap never agrees with ; "I am rather exhausted by the squeezing, I confess," replied the sponge; " but it was not for that I sighed. I am gradually getting used to these daily tortures. " But I was thinking about the past; about my
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. A SAD STORY. " Ah me! " said the sponge. " Dear! dear! dear! well-a-day!" " What is the matter? " asked the bath-tub. " Have you been squeezed too hard, or has the nurse rubbed soap on you again? I know soap never agrees with ; "I am rather exhausted by the squeezing, I confess," replied the sponge; " but it was not for that I sighed. I am gradually getting used to these daily tortures. " But I was thinking about the past; about my beautiful home, from which I was so cruelly torn, and about the happy, happy life I led ; " Tell me about it," said the bath-tub. " You have told me before, but I always find it interesting. My home was in a tin-shop, as you are aware. The society was good, but it was rather a dnll place, on the whole. You lived, you say "— "On the coast of Syria," said the sponge, with a sigh,—"the coast of beautiful Syria. There is a tiny bay, where the shore is bold and rocky. The rocks are bare above the water, but down below they are covered with lovely plants, and fringed with gay mosses, beautiful to behold. The bottom of the sea is covered with silver sand, and over it move the crimson and gold colored jelly- fish, the scarlet star-fish, and a thousand other brilliant creatures, making the neighborhood always attractive and delightful. On a certain ledge of rock, close by the bottom, I lived, as happy an animal as could be found in the Mediterranean ;. 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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