76 The Tiger on the Hudson.

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The following year Harry visited his aunt and
uncle in September. One day when his uncle was
in his den, writing, the boy came in with three
tiger-lilies. Going to the tiger, he placed them
under his paw.

«And why, dear?” said his uncle.

“Well, Uncle, I know, of course, that he was a
very bad tiger to scratch you,” said Harry, “but
oh, it was n’t the fault of his three dear little baby
tigers—and he loved them dearly—he said so him-
self, you know, and so—I brought him these three
tiger-lilies, one for each.”