. Some of Aesop's fables : with modern instances shewn in designs by Randolph Caldecott . THE COPPERSMITH AND HIS PUPPY D. THE COPPERSMITH AND HIS PUPPY. A CERTAIN Coppersmith had a Puppy. While the Copper-smith was at work the Puppy lay asleep; but when meal-time came he woke up. So his master, throwing him a bone, said : You sleepy little wretch of a Puppy, what shall I do with you,you inveterate sluggard ? When I am thumping on my anvil youcan go to sleep on the mat; but when I come to work my teethimmediately you are wide awake and wagging your tail at me. THE COPPERSMITH AND HIS PUPPY. 19

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