. Pierrot, dog of Belgium . o leap gayly upon PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM 111 them with little whines of delight, to showhow glad he was. Yes, he was home again, back among theloved faces and caressing hands that he haddreamed about so long. He could hardlycontain himself for joy and nearly waggedhis stump tail off in his exuberance. Oh, ifhe could only speak and tell them everything! True, this was a strange little house; all thesurroundings were strange. But it was homeat last! For here were his people, his dearpeople, and it is folks, after all, that count. Granpere understood dogs and knew tha
. Pierrot, dog of Belgium . o leap gayly upon PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM 111 them with little whines of delight, to showhow glad he was. Yes, he was home again, back among theloved faces and caressing hands that he haddreamed about so long. He could hardlycontain himself for joy and nearly waggedhis stump tail off in his exuberance. Oh, ifhe could only speak and tell them everything! True, this was a strange little house; all thesurroundings were strange. But it was homeat last! For here were his people, his dearpeople, and it is folks, after all, that count. Granpere understood dogs and knew thatPierrot was hurt, so as soon as he could getthe dog and children quiet he brought Pier-rot out into the moonlight and examined him. Pierrot has been a good soldier, said he. Then he sent Henri for the roll of bandagesand the bottles. So you see the kind peopleacross the sea must have heard of Pierrot, too. I fear he will always be lame, saidGranpere. But the children did not seem tobe greatly depressed by that. Neither did. 112 PIERROT, DOG OF BELGIUM Pierrot, for that matter, for after he had eatenthe crust of bread Mere Marie gave him,and had kissed them again all around, hestretched himself out on the edge of Henrisworn, scorched quilt with a great happy sigh,and fell asleep, snoring loudly. THE END PROPERTY 4S™e
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