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Tuppe
So Henry P. and nine other guinea-pigs bought a bottle and ran in a twittering crowd towards Tuppe
TUPPENNY WAS TOO DEPRESSED TO ARGUE
Tuppe
Presently Mrs. Tuppe
The short-haired guinea-pigs took a walk; they looked in again at 6. Mrs. Tuppe
Henry P. and the other guinea-pigs were perturbed. They betook themselves to the market place, where Messrs. Ratton and Scratch were still trying to sell bottles by lamplight, and they asked anxiously whether there was any risk of tails growing? Mr. Scratch burst into ribald laughter; and Mr. Ratton said – “No sort of tail except pigtails on the head!”
During the night Messrs. Ratton and Scratch packed up their booth and departed from the town of Marmalade.
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Next morning at daybreak a crowd of guinea-pigs collected on Tuppe
Henry P. and a crowd of other guinea-pigs swarmed into the house, as soon as she was round the corner of the street. They found Tuppe
And well he might! His hair – it grew, and it grew, and it grew; faster and faster and nobody knew how to stop it! Messrs. Ratton and Scratch had gone away and left no address. If they possessed an antidote there was no way of obtaining it. All day that day, and for several days – still the hair kept growing. Mrs. Tuppe
STILL THE HAIR KEPT GROWING.
Then Mrs. Tuppe
So that is how it happened that Tuppe
CHAPTER II
The Travelling Circus
In after years Tuppe
Tuppe
The caravan had windows with muslin curtains, just like a house. There were outside steps up to the back door, and a chimney on the roof. A canvas screen fastened to light posts sheltered the encampment from the wind. The smoke which Tuppe
Several animals sat beside it, or busied themselves with cooking. One of them was a white West Highland terrier. When he noticed Tuppe
TUPPENNY TURNED AND FLED.
The little dog came forward barking. Tuppe