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No mother could have looked after her baby as Gerasi At first, she--for the pup turned out to be a bitch--was very weak, feeble, and ugly, but by degrees she grew stronger and i care of her preserver, in eightof the spaniel breed, with long ears, a bushy spiral tail, and large expressive eyes She was devotedly attached to Gerasim, and was never a yard fro her tail He had even given her a name--the dumb know that their inarticulate noises call the attention of others He called her Mumu All the servants in the house liked her, and called her Muent, she was friendly with every one, but was only fond of Gerasim Gerasim, on his side, loved her passionately, and he did not like it when other people stroked her; whether he was afraid for her, or jealous--God knows! She used to wake hi at his coat; she used to take the reins in herhim up the old horse that carried the water, horeat io with him to the river; she used to watch his brooarret He cut a little hole in his door on purpose for her, and she seearret she was completely mistress and at home; and directly she went in, she used to juht she did not sleep at all, but she never barked without sufficient cause, like so, with its nose in the air, barks simply from dulness, at the stars, usually three times in succession No! Muood reason; either so close to the fence, or there was some suspicious sound or rustle so It is true that there was another dog in the yard, a tawny old dog with brown spots, called Wolf, but he was never, even at night, let off the chain; and, indeed, he was so decrepit that he did not even wish for freedom He used to lie curled up in his kennel, and only rarely uttered a sleepy, alh he were himself aware of its uselessness Mumu never went into the mistress's house; and when Gerasim carried wood into the roo for hi her head to right and to left at the slightest creak of the door