PUPPIES AND TORTOISE.
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A sight most strange and wonderful Three little puppies saw— A creature out of shell of horn Popped out a head and claw. They jumped and barked, and barked again, And stared with open eyes; The sight of such a strange shaped thing So filled them with surprise. They wondered at its smooth, brown shell, Its skin both brown and green; And thought it was the strangest sight They ever yet had seen. They would have tried to bite and scratch This funny looking thing; But now they thought it might have hid A sharp and biting sting.
