THE ADVENTURES OF PRINCE HEMPSEED AT

gun, and taught the birds to attack each other, to defend
themselves, to fire off a
little brass cannon, and
to pretend to be dead.
They used those weapons,
which were tied with a
bit of silk to their feet,
very cleverly. When
one of them fell down as
if mortally wounded, the
other dragged him to a
little wheelbarrow, to

Se which he harnessed him-
self. Ifthey both pretended to be dead, the monkey put
them into a larger wheelbarrow, and carried them away
from the field of battle.

As for Turnspit, he was as sagacious as all dogs of his
kind are, and already knew the use of dominoes, and the
meaning of cards. Only pee
he could not tell the spades Aas
from the clubs. But Rome
was not built in a day:
Nero took three days to
burn it, and then did not
burn it all. This circum-
stance should render us
indulgent towards dogs,
whom heaven did not make
for the purpose of playing
at cards or dominoes. It
requires much care, much _
patience, and perseverance, <<
to train dogs in that man-
ner. But poor little Prince :
Hempseed, finding himself bound to provide for his sister
and himself, in a strange land, and no one could tell for
how many years, did not despair.

    
       

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