er. "One boy is enough to have out of
the class at a time. I think Bert can manage the dog alone."

"Yes ma'am, I can," said Bert. "Come on, Snap!"

Snap barked and wagged his tail again. He was happy as long as he was
with one of the children.

"Our dog can do tricks," said Freddie. "Make him do a trick, Bert,
before you take him home. Snap used to be in a circus," Freddie told the
teacher, "and he can turn somersaults. Don't you want to see him do a
trick, teacher?"

"Oh, yes, please let him," begged Flossie.

The other children looked eager, and the teacher smiled. The new teacher
had gone back to her classroom with her pupils, except Bert, who had
stayed to look after Snap.

"Well, as it is almost time for recess, I don't mind if Bert makes Snap
do one or two tricks," Flossie's teacher said, smiling. "But only two.
School isn't just the place for dogs."

"Ready Snap!" called Bert. "March like a soldier!"

"You may take my blackboard pointer for a gun," the teacher said.

Snap stood up on his hind legs, and in one paw he held the long pointer.
Then he marched around the room as nearly like a soldier as a dog can
march. The children laughed and clapped their hands.

"Now turn a somersault!" ordered Bert. This Snap did, too. This was one
of his best tricks. Over and over he went around the school room,
outside the rows of desks. This made the children laugh more than
before.

"I think that will be enough, thank you, Bert," the teacher said. "You
had better take the dog home now."

Bert did so, and saw to it that Snap was well chained.

"We like to see you," said Bert as he was leaving to go back to his
class, "but you must not come to school after us, Snap."

At recess, which was nearly over when Bert got back to school, the
children talked and laughed about Snap's visit.

"I wish your dog would come to school every day," said Alice Boyd to
Flossie.

"Yes, wouldn't it be fun to have him do tricks," cried Johnnie Wilson.

But Snap did not get loose again, and he soon got used to having the
children away most of the day. But how glad he was when they came home,
and he could romp and play with them!

One day Flossie's teacher said to the class:

"Now, children, you have been very good this week, and you have known
your lessons well, so I think it is time we had a little fun."

"Oh, are you going to let Snap come to school again?" asked Edna Blake.

"No, hardly that," the teacher answered with a s