. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . heels, and theother two were not far behind; but poor Fatty,puffing hard and waddling like any other veryfat creature, got along but slowly, and, unluck-ily for him, he fled in the direction of Johnny,so that Grumpy overtook him in a few boundsand gave him a couple of sound slaps in therear which, if they did not accelerate his pace, atleast made him bawl, and saved him by chang-ing his direction. Grumpy, now left alone inpossession of the feast,
. Lives of the hunted, containing a true account of the doings of five quadrupeds & three birds, and in elucidation of the same, over 200 drawings . heels, and theother two were not far behind; but poor Fatty,puffing hard and waddling like any other veryfat creature, got along but slowly, and, unluck-ily for him, he fled in the direction of Johnny,so that Grumpy overtook him in a few boundsand gave him a couple of sound slaps in therear which, if they did not accelerate his pace, atleast made him bawl, and saved him by chang-ing his direction. Grumpy, now left alone inpossession of the feast, turned toward her sonand uttered the whining Er-r-r Er-r-r responded eagerly. He came hopity-hop on his three good legs as fast as he could,and, joining her on the garbage, they began tohave such a good time that Johnny actuallyceased grumbling. He had evidently been there before now, forhe seemed to know quite well the staple kindsof canned goods. One might almost have sup-posed that he had learned the brands, for alobster-tin had no charm for him as long as hecould find those that once were filled with ^S, M ^ «* JOf Johnny Bear Some of the tins gave him much trouble, as hewas too greedy or too clumsy to escape beingscratched by the sharp edges. One seductivefruit-tin had a hole so large that he found he couldforce his head into it, and for a few minutes hisjoy was full as he licked into all the farthestcomers. But when he tried to draw his headout, his sorrows began, for he found himselfcaught. He could not get out, and he scratchedand screamed like any other spoiled child, giv-ing his mother no end of concern, although sheseemed not to know how to help him. Whenat length he got the tin off his head, he re-venged himself by hammering it with his pawstill it was perfectly flat. A large sirup-can made him happy for along time. It had had a lid, so that the holewas round and smooth; but it was not bigenough to admit his head, and he could nottouch i
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