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Newspaper
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1908
Page
28
The text compiles multiple animal anecdotes and mishaps. A temperamental dog Prince milks a tale of jealousy and mercy. Tabitha the cat falls from a window but stays unhurt. a horse chase under thorny danger ends with bruises and broken limbs for riders.
Birds use wings as weapons. spur winged geese bear head spurs up to one and a half inches. Radiate wrist bones extend to form the spur. Australian pheasants have blunt wing tubercles. Spur-winged plovers and screamers show extreme wing armament with dual spurs and sharp inner blades.
Henry Ransome, a farmer near Kansas City, owns a Leghorn hen age a year and a half that clings to a farm horse named Dobbin. The two form a mutual bond, with the hen’s chicks following the horse in and out of the barn. The tale ends as Ransome drives Dobbin to the village when his road mare goes lame.
Ducks at the Zoo entertain with a dinner raft in the pond. A big rat steals grain, a girl shouts and drives it off, ducks ignore the scuffle, and seven sparrows land to peck at the grain while the girl scolds.
The article sketches Tabitha the tortoise shell cat living with Milly and her many cousins. From birth she avoided people and hid to escape rough handling, retreating to beds pianos and even the bathtub. Her life reflects constant mischief and fear of torment.
A hunter recounts a deadly rhinoceros encounter in Abyssinia, where two charging beasts chased him and native servants through tall grass and thorny terrain. He describes a desperate escape, diving over rocks and fallen trees with his horse, spurs flashing and cape raised as the rhinos close in.
A Norfolk stable with ten carriage horses feared a tranquil monkey that staged a nightly steeplechase along stall divisions. The horses trembled at the illusion of danger, though the animal had harmed none, and the coachman confirmed the fear stemmed from illusion rather than real threat.
In a garden Philip chases a thief rabbit blamed by cabbages for stealing and munching a dress. A talking cabbage orders him to solve a riddle while a worm warns him time is short and the Other Riddle seeks an answer before Philip awakens to his grandmother calling him to count his rows.
Rosamond frees a fairy queen trapped by ants and is granted a wish. She travels to Fairyland on a pink cloud, becomes a faerie in a pink dress with dewdrop belt, meets many fairies, visits a candy-timber school, and returns to earth after a fond farewell.
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