My name is Bessie, and I m looking at you,As I sit here just like B marble statue. DIME AND BETTY. Bow-wow! Who are you ? I am only a little dog. My nameis Dime. I am not a cross dog. I have been a pet dog all mylife. Shall I tell you what I can do ? I can sit up and beg. I canshake hands. I can… … fast. I can run as fast as Pomp, the bakers dog; and Pomp is abig dog. I like to run races with Pomp. He never bites a little dog. Welike to run after birds. But we never catch any birds. They flyaway when we come near. I wonder how the birds fly. Pompami I cannot fly. My master has a cow. Her name…
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