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Title: Naughty Puppies

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: November 10, 2007 [EBook #23431]

Language: English

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UNCLE TOBY'S SERIES.

NAUGHTY PUPPIES

THE NAUGHTY PUPPIES

_Tiny and his Parents._

There were two little puppy dogs,
"Tiny" named, and "Toodles,"
Who got into all kinds of scrapes,
Like little foolish noodles.

Tiny was a brownish dog,
And Toodles was a white one;
And Tiny had a cunning eye,
And Toodles had a bright one.

Tiny played all kinds of tricks.
For which his parents chid him:
And Toodles did--poor, foolish pup--
Whatever Tiny bid him.

[Illustration]

_Tiny, Toodles, and the Turkey._

"Come, Toodles," Tiny said, one day,
"It's bright and pleasant weather,
We'll go and fight the turkey-cock:"
And off they went together.

But all their courage oozed away,
When the turkey-cock said "Gobble;"
They both turned tail, and scampered off,
As fast as they could toddle.

But turkey caught them up at last,
And read them both a lecture;
And how he served them with his beak,
I leave you to conjecture.

So home they went with drooping tails,
And pace so lame and jerky,
And said, "Next time we'll tease the hens,
And leave alone the turkey."

[Illustration]

_New Mischief done by the Puppies._

The visits to the poultry-yard,
Of Tiny and of Toodles,
Soon brought on their papa a call
Of Master Cockadoodle's.

He said, "My hens can't lay an egg,
Though once I had a case full;
Because your puppies frighten them--
It's wicked, it's disgraceful!

"But let them venture once agai