Pleasing and instructive stories for young children (1800)
Hughs, Mrs. (Mary) · Philadelphia : T. T. Ash · leaf 46
How soft and sleektheir skins are! Poor little things! yousee they are quite blind, and seem veryhelpless. Their mother is very muchafraid of us, lest we should hurt them;see how she keeps putting up her pawsand mewing, as much as to say, pray,give me my young ones again! Nobodycan take care of… … liiss and her Kittens, and, you know, it is the only way sheis able to carry them. She has nothands, as we have; and she needs allher four feet to walk upon. She takeshold of one of them very softly by itsneck, and, after she has laid it downon its bed, she will come for another. Oh, here she…
Children's literature, American
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