On another occasion, they had been waiting some time for a rat, which had made quite a home of three sacks of corn in a corner of the barn, when Floss suddenly darted round and sniffed one corner, and then kept his eyes fixed on something which Bobbie could not see. Floss moved a little on one side, and as the rat made its intended escape, he pounced upon it. The rat was also very sharp, and bit and scratched poor Flossie's face; this worried him so much, that he gave it one dreadful bite, which killed it.
Bob was very kind to animals, and took Floss to bathe his face, and treated him quite as an invalid till his face was well.
Worrying over his troubles.
Nip and the Pigeons.
The children had been ill with whooping-cough, and as soon as they were well enough they were told, to their great delight, that they were going to stay at a farmhouse by the sea.
“Oh! Mother,” cried Gerald, “do let us take Nip with us! I am sure he would be miserable without us.”
“I thought you would want to take him,” answered Mother, with a smile, “so I arranged with the people at the farm that Nip should go with you!”
The children were overjoyed at hearing this, and rushed out to tell Nip, whom they found lying in front of his kennel wondering what all the excitement was about.