onkey who could form no
plans for his summer vacation. "Why not go with me to Bayreuth?"
said the Dog. "We'll hear some music there, besides meeting all
our friends." "Agreed," cried the Donkey; "'t is a happy thought."
And they shook hands on it.

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On the way they met a fashionable Cat, and also a proud and
sensitive young Fowl, who both declared they had long desired to
go to Bayreuth. And so the four walked on in company.

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About noon the second day they suddenly stopped to listen, for
they heard distant music. "That must be the ending of an overture,"
said the Dog. "I should judge by the sound we were now about three
miles from the Opera House."

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Arriving at the Opera House, they found all the seats were sold,
and that they could gain no admittance; and this so disappointed
the sensitive Fowl that the others kindly assisted him to look in
at an upper window.

The music which poured from the building now so stirred them that
they simultaneously burst into song.

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After the opera they all went to the Inn, where they had an excellent
dinner, and then spent the evening in happy festivity.

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Their musical sensibilities were now so quickened that they resolved
to give a concert themselves, which was a great success and aroused
immense enthusiasm.

[Illustration: Late!]

[Illustration: Pictures with a Moral for Boys and Dogs. I.]

[Illustration: II.]

[Illustration: III.]

[Illustration: Y^e JOYFUL OWL.]

An Owl, with a Visage of Joy,
Once Chassed a Kate Greenaway Boy.
"'T will Break In my New Shoes,
And my Children Amuse;"--
And it Did:--but Alas! for y^e Boy.

[Illustration: A Queer Barber-Shop.]

[Illustration: Scene I.]

[Illustration: Scene II.]

[Illustration: Story of the Catnip Ball. The Beginning.]

[Illustration: The End.]

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The Prickly Pig, the Pug and Pard
Try to surprise the Nubian Bard.
He only smiles, with gesture kind,--
Wild flights do not disturb his mind.

[Illustration: MATERNAL COUNSEL]

Said a Sheep to her child, "My dear Ruth,
Such precipitate haste is uncouth.
When you come down a stair
Use more caution and care,
And restrain this wild impulse of youth."

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O, coasting Cats! my nerves you thrill
As in your box you bounce and fly!