. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 228 THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. constantly in reply to the remarks which Armida Sophia did not make. The dogs trotted along quietly, and Ethel and Lily looked across the hedge in delight. " How well Armida holds herself!" said Lily. " She has real dignity. Papa said so last night, when she fell into the jam, and kept her back perfectly straight all the time. It is a great thing to have a doll like ; "She needn't be quite so stiff to the Ambassador!" said Ethel.
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 228 THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED. constantly in reply to the remarks which Armida Sophia did not make. The dogs trotted along quietly, and Ethel and Lily looked across the hedge in delight. " How well Armida holds herself!" said Lily. " She has real dignity. Papa said so last night, when she fell into the jam, and kept her back perfectly straight all the time. It is a great thing to have a doll like ; "She needn't be quite so stiff to the Ambassador!" said Ethel. " She seems to foi-get that he is third cousin to the emperor, and that his pigtail is three times as long as ; Lily was about to reply in defence of her beloved Armida Sophia, when siiddenly — the cat ajDpeared! And then, all in a minute, everything happened. The cat ran up a tree (doubtless with a deep design), and the dogs ran after her; and the carriage caught on some stones, and the wheel came off, and it tipped over, and Armida Sophia was thrown out, and the Chinese Ambassador stood on his head, and was nearly strangled with his pigtail. Ethel and Lily shrieked and screamed; the dogs bai'ked and leaped at the tree, and the designing cat mewed and shivered on the topmost branch. But Armida Sophia lay on the grass and kept her back perfectly straight. " I can die Avith dignity," she said, " and he will never know that I could not speak ; The Ambassador stood on his head, and tried to keep his eyes from rolling out. " I can no longer nod my head in answer to hei remarks," he said; " but it is true that she did not make ;. 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 Lauri
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