Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · New York : Scribner · leaf 179
achilds voice, till it is common for a visitor tosay, Do answer that child, or Some one is calling you. He comes very near to tellingtales, saying, Ah, ah ! naughty boy ! withgreat severity. Polly is most impatient at breakfast-time,when he shrieks till he receives attention: Polly wants coffee!… … POLLY PORTER. his beak he opens grape after grape, eats theseed, and casts the pulp away. He easily crushesa pear or an apple to get at the seeds. Last Christmas Polly was sent by his owner,a New York boy, to friends as a present. Theywere told of his liveliness and astonishingpowers of speech. For…
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