Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 84
of schools;And, sitting by, I overheardThis boy wish he was just a bird. Scarce had the words been said — alas ! -When, swift as lightning, from the grass Puss bounded, and one cruel blowLaid one poor chirping sparrow low.Then said the Discontented Boy:I really never thought of that —Ah, well! I… … Instead of cat,I d like to that. 72 THE DISCONTENTED BOY. But even as he spoke, a manSeized on the dog, and in a vanThrust the unhappy hound.Where will you take him? said theboy.The man said: To the pound;And if nobody comes for him,To-morrow he 11 be drowned. Ouch! said the Boy, I m very sure I…
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