“And bring them down quickly both Barber and Cat.”

“Oh, oh!” thought the Monkey, “I sha’nt suffer that.”—

The ladder was climb’d by a servant so valiant,

But Pug with loose tiles soon repulsed the assailant.

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Against all manœuvre apparently proof,

Pug chatter’d and paced to and fro on the roof,

And fondled the Cat, and next, pitying her case,