DELLE, EO XES.

 

“Wuhuat pretty little animals, mamma.”

“Ves, dear; but they don't act as pretty
as they look. They are very. sly and cun-
ning, and run away with the farmer's chick-
ens and turkeys.”

“What do they want of them, manima ?”

“Oh, they like them to eat. They prowl
around the farm-house at night when the
farmer is fast asleep, and when he wakes
the next morning, some of his chickens, or
ducks, or geese are gone.”

And yet De look so very gentle and
Diy

2 Ves my: ae but, ‘handsome is what

handsome does, you know. ‘Then, if you
look.a little further, you will see the sly,
~ cunning look in their eyes, and notice how
sharp their noses are.”

“Ves, I see their noses are very sharp.

Whats that for?”