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Thereafter he only brought therapes, raisins, and butcher's meat

By-and-bye, as the summer wore on, the cubs came to know him, and he them, so that he was able to tell them easily apart, and then he christened theht a little bowl of water, sprinkled theave each of theelica

Sorel was a clumsy little beast of a cheery and indeed puppyish disposition; Kasper was fierce, the largest of the five, even in his play he would always bite, and gave his godfather many a sharp nip as time went on Esther was of a dark cohtest red and the most exactly like her , inquisitive and cunning temper, but delicate and undersized

Thus Mr Tebrick had a whole family now to occupy him, and, indeed, came to love them with very much of a father's love and partiality

His favourite was Angelica (who reminded hientleness which was lacking in the others, even in their play After her in his affections caent of the whole litter Indeed he was so much more quick-witted than the rest that Mr Tebrick was led into speculating as to whether he had not inherited so of the human from his dam Thus very early he learnt to know his naer still, he learnt the names of his brothers and sisters before they ca of a young philosopher, for though his brother Kasper tyrannized over him he put up with it all with an unruffled te tricks on the others, and one day when Mr Tebrick was by, he made believe that there was a mouse in a hole some little way off Very soon he was joined by Sorel, and presently by Kasper and Esther When he had got the, it was easy for hiodfather with a sly look, sat down before him, and smiled and then jerked his head over towards the others and sain and wrinkled his brows so that Mr Tebrick kneell as if he had spoken that the youngster was saying, "Have I not made fools of them all?"