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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 527

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im, and if I didnot present his bottle promptly, he would rise onhis hind legs and strike me sharply with hisfront hoofs. He was very clever at balancing, usually left no mark when he walked or trottedon level ground, but their imprints were plain tosee when I examined his trail after he… … WHITE SPOTS ARE DISAPPEARING. and often I would hold the milk-bottle high inthe air and make him walk along on his hindlegs for twenty yards or more. While doingthis, he would spread his hind toes as far apartas possible—no doubt to give himself a broaderbase. I noticed, too, that he could move…

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