The Dog.

The dog is the commonest kind of all living brutes. Its legs are four, and one tail of all sizes. Cats are very common in all large towns and streets, but dogs are more so. There is only 3 things wiser than the dog which is ourselves, all monkeys, and all eliphents. You may call the colours numerous, except pink, red, and blue. The thing about dogs is that they keep gentlemen's houses safe when they are asleep. Only think how frightened a robber must feel, when, just as he is putting his face to the keyhole, he hears a sharp growl on the other side of the keyhole. Then the robber runs away quick, for he does not know whether it is a lady's dog, or a bull-dog. When the robber gets home and thinks about it, he thanks the dog in his heart for having tought him a lesson not to commit sin for it is the 8 commandment.