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procure it food ; but, looking at Nan, he recollected that she
had just lost her kid, and saw her udder distended with milk ;
he therefore called her to him, and presenting the child to the
teat, was overjoyed to find that it sucked as naturally as if it
had really found a mother. The goat too, seemed to receive
pleasure from the efforts of the child, and submitted, without

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opposition, to discharge the duties of a nurse. And now the
old man began to feel an interest in the child, which made him
defer, some time longer, the taking measures to be delivered
from its care. “Who knows,” said he, “but Providence,
which has preserved this child in so wonderful a manner, may
have destined it to something equally wonderful in its future
life, and may bless me as the humble agent of its decrees? At
least as he grows bigger, he will be a pleasure and comfort to
me in this lonely cabin, and will assist in cutting turf for fuel,
and cultivating the garden.” From this time he became more
and more attached to the little foundling, who, in a short time,
learned to consider the old man as a parent, and delighted him
with its innocent caresses.