The Nursery, No. 109, January, 1876, Vol. XIX.

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Various. The Nursery, No. 109, January, 1876, Vol. XIX.

CHRISTMAS AT THE NORTH

POMPEY GUARDING BABY

THE PARROT FEEDING ITS YOUNG

LITTLE RUTH'S PRAYER

ARTHUR'S MISHAP

PUSSY GETS A WARNING

"PROUD AS A PEACOCK."

A DIALOGUE

GRANDMOTHER'S STORY

CHRISTMAS AT THE SOUTH

THE CHRISTMAS PRESENTS

THE PROPER TIME

OUR DOG MILO

THE THREE CALVES

"WHY?"

THE OLD YEAR AND THE NEW

A MORNING CALL

"HE DID IT FIRST."

THE CATS AND THE MOUSE

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My real name is Pompey; but Mr. John sometimes calls me Pompous. What he means by that I do not know. Perhaps it is a joke. Mr. John is the eldest brother of Dot, the baby.

I am put here to keep watch over Dot. That is a picture of me as I appear seated on a chair by the side of the cradle where Dot is sleeping.

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I hear my mistress tell people what a good dog I am, and how she can trust me to take care of baby. Yes, I am proud to say I do my duty. I hold my head up, and keep my eyes wide open. That drawing of me is from a photograph, and is a very good likeness. As I can't write, I have got Master John to write this down for me.

A parrot which had grown old with its master, and shared with him the pains of old age, being used to hear but little more than the words, "I am very ill," when asked, "What is the matter, Polly?" answered in a dismal tone, and stretching itself, "I am very ill."

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