. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 130 SCAMP AND THE FAT WOMAN. all in a breath; "we all slept in the room with an alligator, — a free alligator!" " And nobody was hurt," added Jack. " That's the funny part of ; ShuflBe was a very small eater. A bit of raw beef, the size of a pin-head, fastened to a quill, was given him. This was all he wished for a day, and sometimes he would not eat even that. Old alligators go whole days without food. In the spring, when Jack returned to his IN^orthern home, h


. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 130 SCAMP AND THE FAT WOMAN. all in a breath; "we all slept in the room with an alligator, — a free alligator!" " And nobody was hurt," added Jack. " That's the funny part of ; ShuflBe was a very small eater. A bit of raw beef, the size of a pin-head, fastened to a quill, was given him. This was all he wished for a day, and sometimes he would not eat even that. Old alligators go whole days without food. In the spring, when Jack returned to his IN^orthern home, he brought Shuffle with him in a box, a present from the SCAMP AND THE FAT T/OMAN. I "WBNT to a funny place yesterday. My master and his sister, with a couple of young friends, went also. He walked up to a window and paid some money, and a man inside gave him four tickets. My master then took me in his arms, and we all went inside the building. My master carried me upstairs into a large hall, where there was a great crowd, with many furiify thing'fe to see. The girls all laughed when we got in front of a high box; my master called it a platform. On this box was seated a great, big woman. She was enormously fat. Next to her was a thin man. I heard one of the. 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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