. Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks . LESSON XXII 69 THE HORSE AjYD ITS 1. Ix some places men keep^^pf lidrsesto ride wlien tliey go out to liunt foxes, andtliese horses are called hunters. 2. Dogs are also used in the hunt, and thehorses and dogs are so much together that theyoften become the best of friends. 3. Once old Hector, a dog, had such a likingfor his friend Ben, the hunter, that he wouldleave his o^yn bed and go and sleep with Ben inthe stable. 60 LESSON XXII .— {Continued.) 4. In the morning when Hector was let out,Ben would be very uneasy until h


. Book of cats and dogs, and other friends, for little folks . LESSON XXII 69 THE HORSE AjYD ITS 1. Ix some places men keep^^pf lidrsesto ride wlien tliey go out to liunt foxes, andtliese horses are called hunters. 2. Dogs are also used in the hunt, and thehorses and dogs are so much together that theyoften become the best of friends. 3. Once old Hector, a dog, had such a likingfor his friend Ben, the hunter, that he wouldleave his o^yn bed and go and sleep with Ben inthe stable. 60 LESSON XXII .— {Continued.) 4. In the morning when Hector was let out,Ben would be very uneasy until he came back,and, when he came, the horse would give a joyfulneigh. 5. Ben would stoop his head, and Hector wouldlick it all over, and then Ben would scratch Hec-tors back with his teeth. 6. One day Avhen they were out together a bigdog set upon Hector and threw him down, andbegan to bite and tear him. 7. Ben saw the danger his friend was in, andrushed forward to help him. The strange dogfelt a grip in the back, and then he was thrownso far that he was glad to be able to get up andlimp away. He never


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