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64 FABLED STORIES FROM THE ZOO.
where some more lads were waiting for us.
’ Here he is!’ he said, and pulled me from his
bosom.
"’What a pretty one!’ ’Does he bite?’
’ How funny he looks !’ ’ Why, he is like you,
Jemmy; no wonder you took to him!’ and
suchlike chaff was passed amongst them.
"’ He came to me,’ said Jem.
" ’ Where did he come from?’ asked one.
"’ He didn’t tell me,’ answered Jim, and
grinned just like a monkey.
" ’ Are you going to start an organ, Jem ? ’
"’ No.’
" ’ How can he ? He dares not show his face
in the daytime,’ said another.
"’ Well, what are you going to do with
him?’
" ’ I think of selling him to the Zoo.’
" ’They will think you have stolen him.’
"’ I am going to speak to old Murphy, a
dog-fancier I know ; he will assist me.’
"’ But if you let Murphy get hold of him
alone, he will stick to the money, and you will
get nothing.’
"’ I mean to go with him, and I will spin
such a yarn, how I have been a cabin-boy, and
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