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dogs, and he knew that Wolf was very
trusty and very wise, and he saw that he
looked ill-pleased, and noticed that he too
had evidently run a long way. So he went
himself to get him some food, and, all the
while that he was eating, Ju-Ju snarled at
him over his milk-saucer, until at last the
wife said—

“Take your great dog away. Don’t you
see the poor little dear is afraid of him?”

“Well, I’m not so sure,” said the farmer
slowly. ‘What case the puppy isin! He’s
been in the land of plenty, at all events, for
his very collar looks too tight. And what's
that red thing sticking out?” he went on,
peering at him, because he was short-sighted.

Directly Ju-Ju heard him say this, he
pretended that he saw the cat, and rushed
out barking in a great hurry, hoping that
when he came back they would have
forgotten the rosette. Directly he got out
he scratched at it with all his might, and
perhaps would have torn it off, if the mother,
who could not bear him out of her sight, had