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Title: Paulina and her Pets

Author: Anonymous

Release Date: November 3, 2007 [EBook #23307]

Language: English

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PAULINA,
AND HER PETS.

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NEW YORK:
KIGGINS & KELLOGG,
88 JOHN STREET.

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PAULINA, AND HER PETS

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Paulina Evering was an intelligent girl, and as interesting as she was
intelligent and pretty. She was kind-hearted, and generous almost to a
fault. She was beloved by all the children in her neighborhood; for she
was ever indulging them in some way. She had a beautiful grape-vine in
the garden nurtured by her own hand. And when the grapes were ripe, she
seldom tasted of them herself, but when any little boys or girls called
to see her, she would ask the servant to go into the garden, and give
them bountifully of the luscious fruit.

She was noted for her humanity to the brute creation. She looked upon
everything that drew breath as the handiwork of that Being to which she
owed her own existence; and though she had seen scarce twelve summers,
she was old enough to feel that by the exercise of kindness to dumb
beasts even, she could evince her gratitude for life, health, and other
blessings she enjoyed.

Paulina went one day, to spend a few hours with her cousins; as she
reached the door, they were just driving from the house a poor dog,
which had once been such a favorite with them, that they fed it on the
greatest delicacies, and never would let it sleep but on a nice cushion.

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"What are you going to do with poor Fido?" cried Paulina. "Oh! the vile
animal!" said her cousin Emily. "Look how frightful he has grown! I
would not let