7. He loves to play with the children, and every day when nurse goes out with the baby, she gives him a ride on old Rover’s back.
LESSON XII.
HOW NERO SAVED HIS MASTER.
Nero.
1. Nero was a dog that slept in a kennel in the yard to keep watch in the night, so that no thieves would come about and steal.
2. One night he followed his master up-stairs to his bedroom. The servant turned him out; but he howled and scratched at the door, and, when he was driven away, he soon came back.
3. At last his master, curious to see what he would do, ordered the door to be opened. The dog at once rushed into the room, and, giving a little, short bark, by way of thanks, he crawled under the bed, as if he meant to stay there.
4. The master thought the dog acted rather strangely; but he soon forgot all about it, and, at the usual time, went to bed.