THE DOG AND THE FOWLS. 35

before his house. No sooner had the cook disappeared than
the poultry were in the habit of gathering round the can and
gobbling up its contents. The dog—a good-natured animal
—hbore their thieving for some time very meekly; but at

 

length, as they carried off more than he thought fair, he warned
them away, by growling and showing his teeth. Nevertheless
they again returned to the can, when the dog, instead of seizing
some of his tormentors, lifted the can in his mouth and carried