Home Life in All Lands—Book III—Animal Friends and Helpers

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How few of us can go into the house without their coming to meet the frisky dog, with its wagging tail; the sleek and soft-footed cat, with its mellow purr. On her swinging perch sits mistress parrot, greeting us with her noisy "Polly wants a cracker." In its gilded cage flirts the golden-hued canary, singing loudly to bid us welcome. They give life and joy to the most rustic home, these pets of the household, our glad though humble friends and guests. If we go out of the house into the stable-yard or the pasture-field we meet others of the noble horse, the patient and docile cow, the woolly s...