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 DID JIP DINE ON CHICKEN?

One day a dog named Jip went for a walk. He came to a yard where there was a hen with her brood of chicks. Said Jip to himself, "A downy little yellow chick would make a sweet dinner for a dog. I think I'll have it." He turned in at the gate. But Mother Hen had something to say about it. "Cluck, cluck," she cried to her chicks, and spread out her wings to hide them. Then she lowered her head, stuck out her sharp beak, and made straight for Jip. He turned tail and fled home as fast as his legs would carry him.

THE DOG IN THE MANGER

Once when some oxen went to their manger to eat hay they found a small dog in it. The dog growled and snapped at the oxen and would not let them come near the hay. The stableman saw it all. "Get out of there, you selfish cur!" he cried to the dog. "You cannot eat the hay yourself and you will not let those who can." He seized a whip and the dog was glad to run yelping away.

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