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 if to make it look more ridiculous—a huge blue silk bow on the topo ftop of [sic] his head.

When he came near the young man, he stood on his hind legs, and began to perform all kind of antics; the youth at first laughed and then he fell a-thinking that such a poodle—properly trained—night prove to be a useful acquisition. The dog by his side seemed to guess his thoughts, and—being an ill-bred cur—began to show his small white teeth and snarl viciously. The poodle however was not discomfited, but continued displaying, not only all his graces, but, on one side, his prickle in a state of erection, and, on the other, the gaping brown hole of his anus, all surrounded by a bulgy rim. The cur, withal, seemed proof against all these temptations. The poodle then jumped about, gave sundry panting barks, pretended to run off, then came back, and all the time he never ceased to ogle and gloat on the other dog's organ, with his large and intelligent brown eyes. At last, apparently unable to withstand the temptation, he made a bold plunge, and at the risk of being bitten by the white teeth, he bent