THE
NAUGHTY PUPPIES
Tiny and his Parents.
There were two little puppy dogs,
“Tiny” named, and “Toodles,”
Who got into all kinds of scrapes,
Like little foolish noodles.
“Tiny” named, and “Toodles,”
Who got into all kinds of scrapes,
Like little foolish noodles.
Tiny was a brownish dog,
And Toodles was a white one;
And Tiny had a cunning eye,
And Toodles had a bright one.
And Toodles was a white one;
And Tiny had a cunning eye,
And Toodles had a bright one.
Tiny played all kinds of tricks.
For which his parents chid him:
And Toodles did—poor, foolish pup—
Whatever Tiny bid him.
For which his parents chid him:
And Toodles did—poor, foolish pup—
Whatever Tiny bid him.
Tiny, Toodles, and the Turkey.
“Come, Toodles,” Tiny said, one day,
“It's bright and pleasant weather,
We'll go and fight the turkey-cock:”
And off they went together.
“It's bright and pleasant weather,
We'll go and fight the turkey-cock:”
And off they went together.
But all their courage oozed away,
When the turkey-cock said “Gobble;”
They both turned tail, and scampered off,
As fast as they could toddle.
When the turkey-cock said “Gobble;”
They both turned tail, and scampered off,
As fast as they could toddle.
But turkey caught them up at last,
And read them both a lecture;
And how he served them with his beak,
I leave you to conjecture.
And read them both a lecture;
And how he served them with his beak,
I leave you to conjecture.
So home they went with drooping tails,
And pace so lame and jerky,
And said, “Next time we'll tease the hens,
And leave alone the turkey.”
And pace so lame and jerky,
And said, “Next time we'll tease the hens,
And leave alone the turkey.”
New Mischief done by the Puppies.
The visits to the poultry-yard,
Of Tiny and of Toodles,
Soon brought on their papa a call
Of Master Cockadoodle's.
Of Tiny and of Toodles,
Soon brought on their papa a call
Of Master Cockadoodle's.
He said, “My hens can't lay an egg,
Though once I had a case full;
Because your puppies frighten them—
It's wicked, it's disgraceful!
Though once I had a case full;
Because your puppies frighten them—
It's wicked, it's disgraceful!
“But let them venture once again,
My hens to chase and worry,
And I'll receive them in a way
Shall make them sad and sorry.”
My hens to chase and worry,
And I'll receive them in a way
Shall make them sad and sorry.”