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It was Monday. Mrs Smith's dog was hungry, but
there was not any meat in the house.
Considering that there was no better way, Mrs
Smith took a piece of paper and wrote the following words in it, "Give my
dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to her dog and said
gently, "Take this to the butcher(a person whose job is selling meat). And
he's going to give you your lunch today. "
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the
dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it
carefully, recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it
as he was asked to. The dog was very happy, and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It
gave the butcher a piece of paper again. After reading it, he gave it half a
pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at
noon. And as usual, it brought a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the
butcher did not take a look at the paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had
regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But, the dog came again at four o'clock. And
the same thing happened once again. To the butcher's more surprise, it came for
the third time at six o'clock, and brought a third piece of paper with it. The
butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a little dog. Why
does Mrs Smith give it so much meat to eat today?"
Looking at the piece of paper, he found that
there were not any words in it!
