152 May comes to the Rescue.

 

from top to toe, tosee if she could
find any marks of the horrid beast’s
great teeth on him.

‘Me don’t know,’ sobbed the
child: ‘me fizk he did.’

‘No; it’s only the pinafore,’ said
his mother: ‘and that’s not of much
consequence. We can soon mend
that. It’s a very good thing that he
didn’t make a hole in you instead.
You mustn't be running after dogs
that you don’t know anything about.
Or did he run at you first? Which
was it, my little man

“Me fought it was Wolf at first,’
sobbed Johnny, ‘and then me didn’t
know he’d bite.’

‘We shall have to tell our good