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CAT-AND-DOG LIFE.

   

(HE was a Persian pussy; /e was a trim,
@ sleek terrier ; and they quarrelled dread-
fully. Slim ‘might be dozing at one end
of the hearthrug, while Flo performed
her toilet at the other end. Suddenly

WN Flo would take it into her head that
she would like to sit on a certain chair to wash her face.
No sooner was she comfortably settled than Slim would
go over to the chair and tell Flo that he wanted to sit
there. Then they would begin to fight about it, and
there would be no peace in the room until they were both
turned out.

They quarrelled over their food, too. Their mistress
gave them their dinners on one plate; and the way Slim
would gobble up the food, so as to make sure of getting
as many tit-bits as possible, was really quite shocking!
One day they had chicken bones for dinner, and Flo seized
one bone that Slim wanted very particularly. He tried
hard to get it, but Flo would not give it up, and they
fought furiously over it. In their anger they quite forgot
the rest of their dinner; and Bob, the yard-dog, who
happened to be loose, ate it for them! It was funny to
see how foolish they both looked when they found what
their selfishness had cost them.

And—what do you think? Once I knew a boy and girl
who were a wee bit inclined to be like these—Eh 2—What ?
‘“Shouldn’t tell tales” ? Well, then, I won’t! But I consider
selfish children are ten times worse than Flo and Slim, who
after all are only a cat and dog—don’t you ?