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t least, as Mr. and Mrs. Chapman's tenancy continues. _DON; THE STORY OF A GREEDY DOG_ A TALE FOR CHILDREN 'Daisy, dearest,' said Miss Millikin anxiously to her niece one afternoon, 'do you think poor Don is quite the thing? He has seemed so very languid these last few days, and he is certainly losing his figure!' Daisy was absorbed in a rather ambitious attempt to sketch the lake from the open windows of Applethwaite Cottage, and did not look up from her drawing immediately. When she did speak her reply might perhaps have been more sympathetic. 'He _eats_ such a lot, auntie!' she said. 'Yes, Don, we _are_ talking about you. You know you eat too much, and that's the reason you're so disgracefully fat!' Don, who was lying on a rug under the verandah, wagged his tail with an uneasy protest, as if he disapproved (as indeed he did) of the very personal turn Daisy had given to the conversation. He had noticed himself that he was not as active as he used to be; he grew tired so very soon now when he chased birds (he was always possessed by a fixed idea that, if he only gave his whole mind to it, he could catch any swallow that flew at all fairly); he felt the heat considerably. Still, it was Don's opinion that, so long as he did not mind being fat himself, it was no business of any other person's--certainly not of Daisy's. 'But, Daisy,' cried Miss Millikin plaintively, 'you don't really mean that I overfeed him?' 'Well,' Daisy admitted, 'I think you give way to him rather, Aunt Sophy, I really do. I know that at home we never let Fop have anything between his meals. Jack says that unless a small dog is kept on very simple diet he'll soon get fat, and getting fat,' added Daisy portentously, 'means having fits sooner or later.' 'Oh, my _dear_!' exclaimed her aunt, now seriously alarmed. 'What do you think I ought to do about it?' 'I know what I would do if he was _my_ dog,' said Daisy, with great decision--'diet him, and take no notice when he begs at table; I would. I'd begin this very afternoon.' '_After_ tea, Daisy?' stipulated Miss Millikin. 'No,' was the inflexible answer, '_at_ tea. It's all for his own good.' 'Yes, dear, I'm sure you're right--but he has such pretty ways--I'm so afraid I shall forget.' 'I'll remind you, Aunt Sophy. He shan't take advantage of you while _I'm_ here.' 'You're just a tiny bit hard on him, Daisy, aren't you?' 'Hard on Don!' cried Daisy, catching h
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