. Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme . orgot the bee and the sting, and ever after-wards kept clear of the rose-bush. One day Frances took up a sheet of paper that hadan illustration of a rose and pointing towards the flow-ers told him to get a rose for her. He didnt wantto go and Frances could not understand why he refusedto get the rose. So she took him to the bush and sawa bee sucking honey from it. Towser looked at the beeand shook his head. Then Frances she saw his swollen nose, she felt sorry, andbathed it with witch hazel to reduce the inflammationand pain. He was v
. Dogs of all nations. In prose and rhyme . orgot the bee and the sting, and ever after-wards kept clear of the rose-bush. One day Frances took up a sheet of paper that hadan illustration of a rose and pointing towards the flow-ers told him to get a rose for her. He didnt wantto go and Frances could not understand why he refusedto get the rose. So she took him to the bush and sawa bee sucking honey from it. Towser looked at the beeand shook his head. Then Frances she saw his swollen nose, she felt sorry, andbathed it with witch hazel to reduce the inflammationand pain. He was very grateful for Frances thoughtful-ness in relieving his suffering. One of the loveliest things Towser was taught to do wasto run into the house when it began to rain, for Francesumbrella and bring it to her. He would also go into thehouse for her hat if she left the house without it, and IN PROSE AND RHYME. 239 when Frances gathered pear9 or apples, Towser wouldcarry the basket for her and never refused to do anythinghe was bidden to CIL SNIP. Snip was the name of a little dog that came to livewith Watch, after he grew up to be very large. Watchliked Snip from the first time he saw him, because lit-tle Snippy was so nice and well bred. It was only oncein a while that Watch had to correct him, and seldomhad to correct him twice for the same offense. Snip wasgiven the little mat Watch used to lie on when he wasyoung, and before he became so large. When Watch sawit again he played with it just as a little girl would playwith a doll or toy. He would rub little Snips face and nose 240 DOGS OF ALL NATIONS on it and talk with him in dog language, and, no doubttold him that it was his mat when he was small, and howmany happy days and weeks he had stretched himself uponit in the warm sunlight, and how he enjoyed watching themoon rise and light up the heavens at night, so he couldlook down the lane and see if any tramps were comingtowards the house or stable, or in the garden to s
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