"Have you caught any?" said the
man.
"No, not yet," said Willie. "But grandpa is going to give me five
dollars when I catch one. He wants one."
Willie's grandpa did happen to say to him that morning, "You catch me
a blackbird, and I will give you five dollars." He said it just out of
fun. He did not think that Willie would ever try to do it.
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THE DOG.
Do you see the dog and the hen? The dog bit the hen, and she was mad.
My dog bit a fox on the hip. One day the fox bit the dog on the lip
and ran off. Tom and I had a gun, and we set off to get the fox; but
the sun was so hot we did not go far, but sat on the hay, and had fun.
A LETTER TO FRANK.
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DEAR FRANK,--One day a rabbit came out of the woods to see if he could
find any clover. Some boys saw him, and tried to catch him. He ran
under the barn; then came out, sprang through the fence, and so got
clear.
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I will tell you of a smart thing that my red cow does. When she goes
for a drink and finds the trough empty, she takes hold of the handle
with her horns, and pumps the water.
While I was waiting for a train at the station, the other day, a boy
with a little dog came in to wait also.
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