African Pets: Or, Chats about Our Animal Friends in Natal : with a Sketch of Kaffir Life |
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... baby ; and unless she shared it with him he would give her quite a hard bite with his little sharp teeth , and make her cry out . Poor little thing ! she used to try all ways and means to keep it away from him , holding it high in the ...
... baby ; and unless she shared it with him he would give her quite a hard bite with his little sharp teeth , and make her cry out . Poor little thing ! she used to try all ways and means to keep it away from him , holding it high in the ...
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... little hands that it was of any use ; for as soon as ever it got twisted to the front , he would unfasten and slip ... poor Eefit , with the tremendous jumps he was able to take , might have got miles away before we even discovered him ...
... little hands that it was of any use ; for as soon as ever it got twisted to the front , he would unfasten and slip ... poor Eefit , with the tremendous jumps he was able to take , might have got miles away before we even discovered him ...
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... little favourite again , when one day I was walking in the garden , and all ... poor Eefit , high up in a tree , not ten yards from the window which he must ... poor little fellow seem to be back with us again , and was quite grateful for ...
... little favourite again , when one day I was walking in the garden , and all ... poor Eefit , high up in a tree , not ten yards from the window which he must ... poor little fellow seem to be back with us again , and was quite grateful for ...
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... little creature , but also that I knew he would be really a curiosity at home , if I could only manage to bring him to England . So I sewed his collar on , and poor Eefit was made a prisoner at last , at which he was highly indignant ...
... little creature , but also that I knew he would be really a curiosity at home , if I could only manage to bring him to England . So I sewed his collar on , and poor Eefit was made a prisoner at last , at which he was highly indignant ...
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... little teeth if the kitten displeased him . As the kitten grew up we were ... little companion . The most she ever did was to give a little growl when the Eefit ... poor mother for the loss of the others . This kitten was perfectly snow ...
... little teeth if the kitten displeased him . As the kitten grew up we were ... little companion . The most she ever did was to give a little growl when the Eefit ... poor mother for the loss of the others . This kitten was perfectly snow ...
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