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A boy
was sitting on the steps of a door one day. He had a stick in one hand,1in
the other hand a large piece of bread and butter, which somebody had kindly
given him. While he was eating it and singing a song happily, he saw a poor
little dog quietly2not far from him. He called out to it,
“Come here, poor dog!”
Hearing this, the dog woke up, rose with its ears3and
wagged its tail. Seeing the boy eating, it came near him. The boy held out to
it a piece of his bread and butter. As the dog stretched out its head to take
the4, the boy quickly drew back his hand and
hit it5on the nose. The poor dog ran away,6loudly,
while the cruel boy sat, laughing at the trick he had done.
A
gentleman, who was looking from a window on the other side of street, saw what
the7boy had done. Opening the street door,
he called him to8over, at the same time9up
one dollar between the finger and thumb.
“Would you like this?” said the gentleman.
“Yes,
if you10, sir,” said the boy, smiling, and he
quickly ran over to seize the11.
Just
as the boy stretched out his hand, the gentleman hit12on
the knee with an umbrella. “Why did you do that?” shouted the boy angrily. He
made a very13face and cried, “I didn't hurt you, nor
ask you for money.”
“14did
you hurt that poor dog just now?” said the gentleman. “It didn't hurt you, nor
ask you for bread and butter. As you served it I have served you. Now, remember
it can feel as well as you, and learn to behave15towards
animals in future.”
