. In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes . ious about their sheep, for therewere hundreds of them unsheltered on the hills at the time. Inone farm, no fewer than three hundred were missing, and thefarmer with his men and a faithful sheep dog, named Rough,started to search for them. When they reached the fields, nothing was to be seen but greatmasses and drifts of snow, several feet thick, under which thepoor sheep were buried. The men tried to penetrate the snow inorder to get at the missing animals; but their labor was almostin vain, for
. In the child's world : morning talks and stories for kindergartens, primary schools and homes . ious about their sheep, for therewere hundreds of them unsheltered on the hills at the time. Inone farm, no fewer than three hundred were missing, and thefarmer with his men and a faithful sheep dog, named Rough,started to search for them. When they reached the fields, nothing was to be seen but greatmasses and drifts of snow, several feet thick, under which thepoor sheep were buried. The men tried to penetrate the snow inorder to get at the missing animals; but their labor was almostin vain, for it was only by the merest chance that they cameacross a sheep. The snow was still falling fast when Rough came to the understood what was to be done, and, running quickly overthe snow, with short, sharp barks, he dug with his paws littleholes in various places. The men went to work beneath these marks, and under eachthey found a sheep! Thus they worked hard all night, Roughshowing where the sheep were buried and the men digging themout, and most of the sheep were saved. < .. ,.,;. FIVE DOGS. IN THE CHILD* S WORLD. The farmer was very thankful to his clever dog and told hisfriends that had it not been for Rough he would have lost everyone of his sheep that night. As it was, they had suffered butlittle, and, with careful attention, soon recovered. —Little folks. Cassell & Co. The Dog and the Kitten* A schoolmaster had a small dog which became much attachedto a kitten. They were in the habit of associating together be-fore the kitchen fire, sometimes sleeping and sometimes day they were enjoying a comfortable nap, when the kettleboiled over and scalded the dog, who ran away howling had not gone very far, however, before he recollected hiscompanion; he returned immediately, took up the kitten in hismouth, and carried it to a place of safety. —Selected. A True Story of a Dog* The following anecdote, which is perfectly well known in thetown i
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