it wouldn't rub off his hair.
And it would be very nice if the Prince of Wales could be dressed
like a Field-marshal, for he's got nothing on his legs;
And Cinderella's beautifully dressed, and Towser looks quite as if
he'd got a fur coat on when he begs.
Joe says it's perfectly absurd, and that I can't take a Pomeranian
in earnest for my brother;
But I don't think he really and truly knows how much Towser and I
love each other.
I didn't like his saying, "Well, there's one thing about your lot,--you
can always have your own way."
And then he says, "You can't possibly have fun with four people when
you have to pretend what they say."
But, whatever he says, I don't believe I shall ever enjoy a tea-party
more than the one that we had on that day.




[Illustration]

PAPA POODLE.


Can any one look so wise, and have so little in his head?
How long will it be, Papa Poodle, before you have learned to read?
You were called Papa Poodle because you took care of me when I was
a baby:
And now I can read words of three syllables, and you sit with a book
before you like a regular gaby.