BARK - COLORING PAGE

 

BARK - COLORING PAGE

Bark  - noun
Bark- (pronounced bärk) n 

         1 Formerly a small sailing sel or a rowboat, Now Poet, any vessel, or boat 

         2 Nautical  A three masted vessel with foremast and mainmast square-rigged and mizzenmast fore- and- aft rigged 

 verb1 

To utter a short explosive cry said of a dog and hence of certain other 

2 To clamor 

The short explosive uttered by a dog or a sound suggestive of it 

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BRIDLE- COLORING PAGE

 

BRIDLE- COLORING PAGE 

bridle - noun
bridle (pronounced- bridl)

        noun 

      the strap with which a horse is held in and guided 

      verb 

      to hold in check; 

      to hold (up) the head proudly

 noun

 bridle path 

 a path for riding 

References:

A SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITED BY HARRY MORGAN AYRES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH COLUMBIA

ASS- COLORING PAGE

 

ASS- COLORING PAGE

ass- a noun

Ass- is an animal like a horse, but smaller and with long ears

       as well means  a fool 

asinine  adjective- like an ass, means obstinate, silly 

 asininity - noun-  like an ass, means obstinate, silly 

References:

A SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITED BY HARRY MORGAN AYRES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1925

APE- COLORING PAGE

 

APE- COLORING PAGE

Ape a noun, 

Ape- is  manlike creature, also resembling a monkey, but without a tail;

             a fool who puts on the manners of another

   verb-   to imitate foolishly a 

apish  adjective (pronounced āpish)-  foolishly imitating   

References:

A SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITED BY HARRY MORGAN AYRES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1925

ALPACA- COLORING PAGE

ALPACA- COLORING PAGE

alpaca  a noun

alpaca is  a sheep with long silky found in Peru; 
                 cloth made from this wool or in imitation of it 

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A SCHOOL DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITED BY HARRY MORGAN AYRES ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 1925

THE WREN'S REQUIEM

 

THE WREN'S REQUIEM -A TRUE STORY

IT was on a morning early in the spring, a few years ago, that we heard an unusual twittering outside our bedroom window, above which is a deep thatch; on looking up we saw two curious festoons hanging from it, apparently in motion. It was, in fact, two half-circles composed of little wrens. clinging to each other by foot and wing, to the number of  twenty or thirty. They clung together thus for the space of about two minutes, it might be more or less; as we did not mark the time by a watch, I could not with certainty say how long. They twittered mourn fully all the while, so different from their usual joyous song; then suddenly, as if by one consent, they in a moment broke loose and flew away. On descending, shortly afterwards, we found a dead wren lying just under the window, over which these festoons of wrens had been hanging a few minutes before. It looked as if these affectionate little creatures had been singing a dirge over their dead friend below; at least we could think of no other cause for the unusual appearance. From that time the wrens deserted that spot for more than two years. On speaking of this to one who had made natural history his study, he told me that it was called the 'Wren's Requiem' and was an established fact, though very rarely seen.
 Chambers Journal 

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Chatterbox 1877

A KNOWING FOX

 

A KNOWING FOX - A TRUE STORY

A TAME fox was kept in a stable-yard and struck up a friendship with the dogs, but could never get the cats to approach him. Being very sensitive to smell, they could not bear his odour, and would not even walk upon any spot upon which the fox had been standing. The crafty animal seeing that the cats would not come near him, used his knowledge to cheat them of their breakfast. As soon as the servant poured out the cats allowance of milk, the fox would run to the spot and walk round the saucer ,well knowing, that the rightful owners would not touch it. Day after day the cats lost their milk, until the trick was found out, and the milk placed in a spot where the fox could not reach it. After he had had been stopped from robbing the cats, he tried his cunning on the dairymaid, as she was bringing the pails from milking. As she was passing along, the fox went up to her, and brushed himself against one of the milkpans. The milk became so tainted with the smell of the fox, that the maid dared not take it to the house, and thoughtlessly poured it into a pan, and gave it to him. The crafty animal repeated this trick several times, but when he found that the spoiled milk was given to the pigs, instead of to himself, he gave up his attempts. 

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Chatterbox 1877

A HORSE GUARDIAN

A HORSE GUARDIAN -TRUE STORY

ON one occasion a gentleman was returning home from a fatiguing journey, and became very drowsy. He fell asleep, and strange to say, he fell from his saddle, but in so easy a manner, that the tumble did not rouse him, and he lay sleeping on where he alighted. His faithful steed, on being eased of his burden, instead of scampering home, as one might have expected, stood by his prostrate master, and kept a strict watch over him. Some labourers at sunrise found him very contentedly snoozing on a heap of stones. They wished to approach the gentleman, that they might awaken him, but every attempt on their part was resolutely op posed by the grinning teeth and ready heels of his determined and faithful guardian.

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American Chatterbox 1882  

GOOD FOR EVIL

 

GOOD FOR EVIL - A True Story

A YOUNG man belonging to the city of Paris, desirous of getting rid of his dog, took it with him to the river Seine. He hired a boat, and rowing into the stream, threw the animal in. The poor creature attempted to climb up the side of the boat, but his master who wished to drown him. constantly pushed him back with the oar. In this he fell himself into the water and would certainly have been drowned, had not the dog, as soon as he saw his master struggling in the stream, suffered the boat to float away, and held him above the water, till assistance arrived and his life was saved. 

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American Chatterbox 1882

DOGS IN HARNESS

 

DOGS IN HARNESS - True Story

EVERYboy knows, that away in the regions of icy North the Esquimaux  use their sagacious dogs  to draw the sledges. But theirs is not  the only part of the world where dogs are put into harness.
Dog-carts are common enough in the Low- Countries, where the peasants drive into town their canine teams, drawing a cart laden with produce. Dogs of all kinds are used for this purpose, but many of them are mastiffs of large size. Some years ago dog-carts were not uncommon in our own country, but they were made illegal by Parliament.

 If the English peasant would treat his dogs as kindly as the Dutch and Belgians do, we should have no need to brand as cruel and brutal the custom of putting dogs in harness.

A.B. 

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American Chatterbox 1882

A USEFUL PILOT

 

A USEFUL PILOT 

THERE is a trained sheep kept on board of  a steamer plying in California. It goes out on the gang-plank, when flock is to be loaded, to show the approach is safe, and to act as pilot to the flock, which follows it on to the boat.

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American Chatterbox 1882. 

SINGULAR ATTACHMENT OF A CAT TO A RAT

 

SINGULAR ATTACHMENT OF A CAT TO A RAT - TRUE STORY

THE landlord of the only public house in the village of Oxton has a cat, which has been noted as a first- rate mouser and rat-catcher. One Sunday morning the cat caught a young rat. which instead of killing. she took into one of the rooms of the hostelry and put it along with a kitten she was nursing. She then lay down, and suckled both the cat and the rats be more fond of the little rat, than of her own offspring. The interesting family were visited by a number of people, living in the district. The cat continued to nurse the rat, until another cat found its way into the room, and seeing the young rat along with the kitten pounced upon it, and quickly killed it. 

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American Chatterbox 1882

A CAT HATCHING CHICKENS

I WISH to tell you a little anecdote about the doings of a bantam hen and cat that I had in the summer of 1876. I put seven eggs under the hen, for her to sit upon, and this she did with the help of the cat. When the hen came off to eat and drink in the day time, the cat would go on the eggs, and keep them warm until the hen came in; then the cat would leave for the hen to go on the nest, while she would sit upon the nest box, and watch for the rats and mice, that came to disturb the hen. When the chicks were hatched, puss would sit and watch them so, that no harm came to them when they strayed from the hen; and I think if it had not been for the cat, they would have been taken by the rats. I am happy to say, all the chicks which were brought up by the watchfulness of the cat and the hen are now living, and the cat visits the hen-cote up to the present time. 

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Chatterbox 1877

RATS

 

RATS- TRUE STORY HAPPENED IN THE USA 1876

AN American paper vouches for the truth of the following story, respecting some rats. A young rat had fallen into a pail of pig wash. Six friends or relatives of the little rat saw what had happened and appeared to held a consultation as to the best means of extricating the infant rat. So earnest were their deliberations, that they entively ignored the presence, who were watching their proceedings with deep interest. The rats quickly decided on an ingenious scheme, which they at carried into effect. Entwining their feet together, the six rats formed a chain over the edge of the the pail;the foremost rat, supposed to be the mother, tenderly grasped the drowning little rat in her arms, and both were drawn out on the floor. The end the story is sad. The infant rat was, on examination, by its rescuers found to be dead. After gazing it for some moments the six elderly rats seemed wipe the tears from their eyes with their fore-paws, and then departed, without making any attempt restore the little one to life.  

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Chatterbox 1877