ad. Just as she had hold of it he gave
it a little push, as if he had stumbled, and overturned it upon her.
The little girl began to cry violently, but the mischievous boy ran
away, laughing heartily, and saying: "Good-by, little miss! Give my
humble service to your Uncle Will, and grandfather, and the dear
little cousins."

This prank encouraged him very much indeed, for he then felt that now
he had certainly escaped without any bad consequences; so he went on
applauding his own ingenuity, and came to a farm where several little
boys were at play. He desired leave to play with them, which they
allowed him to do. But he could not be contented long without exerting
his evil disposition, so taking an opportunity when it was his turn to
fling the ball, instead of flinging it the way he ought to have done,
he threw it into a muddy ditch. The little boys ran in a great hurry
to see what was become of it, and as they were standing all together
upon the brink he gave the outermost boy a violent push against his
neighbor; he, not being able to resist the violence, tumbled against
the next, that against the next, and that next against another, by
which means they all soused into the ditch together.

They soon scrambled out, although in a dirty plight, and were going to
have punished him for all his ill behavior; but he patted Tiger upon
the back, who began snarling and growling in such a manner as made
them desist. Thus this little mischievous boy escaped a second time
with impunity.

The next thing he met with was a poor jackass feeding very quietly in
a ditch. The little boy, seeing that nobody was within sight, thought
this was an opportunity of plaguing an animal that was not to be lost,
so he went and cut a large branch of thorns, which he contrived to fix
to the poor beast's tail, and then, setting Tiger at him, he was
extremely diverted to see the fright and agony the creature was in.
But it did not fare so well with Tiger, who while he was baying and
biting the animal's heels receive so severe a kick upon his head as
laid him dead upon the spot.

The boy, who had no affection for his dog, left him with the greatest
unconcern when he saw what had happened, and, finding himself hungry,
sat down by the wayside to eat his dinner. He had not long been there
before a poor blind man came groping his way out with a couple of
sticks. "Good morning to you," said the boy. "Pray did you see a
little girl come this road with a b