The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1895-02-07
"PIPPO."

t1n dog, whose name was 'TlppO, MS
mothers name was Nola. and his
fathers name was Cricket; Cricket
had little sharp ears that stuck
long ears that hung down, and Pippo
admired both his parents very much.
When he looked at his father he
would say to himself: "How brave
and handsome Papa Cricket looks
with his ears standing up so
straight" then he would try to hold
his ears up in the same way; when
he looked at his mother he thought:
"How pretty and graceful Mamma
Nola is, her ears flop SO beautifully
when she runs" then he would try
TO hold his down, so they would flop
TOO.
Now I do not know whether one Of
Pippo's ears was sitter than the 9TH
Or or not, but I do know that after
awhile his right ear stood up all the
time, while his left one always hung
down, which gave him very funny
sne-sided appearance.
Pippo lived on a farm where there
was big barnyard, he, his papa and
mamma had big kennel in this
barnyard, and three times day a
good woman who was the farmers
wife, would come out and bring a
plate of nice juicy bones, and some
times a pan Of milk for the dog fam
lily, then they would all three stand
around the dish and eat until every
bit was gone, and each Of them had
had just enough.
Pippo was very fond Of the farmer $
wife, and always wished he could do
something to help her; he was a CRATE
full little dog, and was always wishing
TO help someone.
Right next to the barnyard where
Yippo lived there was a big hen
house, inside this hen-house, all along
each side, was a row Of square open
ings like little doOrways, that led
into a long box that was fastened to
the side of the hen-house, and all
partitioned off into little rooms, each
room having one of those doorways
into the hen-house, and nice clean
straw all over the floor.
Pippo did not know all about that,
but he had often seen the hens go
into the hen-house, and after awhile
come out and go about cackling as if
they had done something very smart,
then the farmers wife would come
cut and go up to that long box, raise
q little hinged cover, and take out
something white and oblong in shape;
BVlhOtluCS SAS OpcACu ILL Tic COfcIc4
(for there was one above each little
room), then her whole apron would
be full Of eggs.
Now Pippo thought the hens must
have something to do with those pret-
ty white things; he did not know they
were eggs but he knew the farmers
wife liked to have all she could find,
and one day he heard her say: 81
haven't seen anything of old grey hen
for some time" Then the farmer said:
81 heard her cluckin' around here a
good while, shouldn't wonder If she'd
stole nest somewhere and was goin'
TO set"
Pippo had no idea what all that
meant, but the next day he saw the
old grey hen, and made up his mind
to follow her and see If he could find
some eggs for the farmers wife.
She had just come out of the stable,
and had her feathers ruffled up so
she looked little cross; Pippo thought
it might be better to go in the stable
and look around while she was gone,
so he slipped in quietly and looked
through the empty stalls, and by and
by he came to the one where Dell,
the grey horse was; he kept out of
the way Of Dell's feet, and the good
old horse put down his nose and
shifted at him, but he and Pippo were
good friends, and Dell would not
hurt the little dog for the world.
Dell was eating hay, and some of it
had fallen through the cracks in the
manger, and what do you think? the
old grey hen had found it and
scratched it around into a nest, and
right there under the manger lay
twelve beautiful white eggs; so far
under that the farmer had never seen
them at all.
Pippo was so happy he barked with
joy. then he picked up one Of the
eggs in his mouth, and it was so
large his little jaws could just hold
it; he held his head up high, and
started toward the house very slowly,
for fear he would drop it.
He carried 1t to the back door and
found that shut, so he went around
to the front Of the house, and climbed
up the steps, which were very high,
so high he could hardly climb up
with the egg in his mouth; then when
he got upon the porch he found that
door shut, too; he did not know just
what to do. but he thought If he put
the egg right by the door the farmers
wife could not fail to find it, so he
put 1T down, and waited for just a
and while he was waiting
something happened that surprised
him very much; the porch was made
to slant down a little, so the water
would run off when it rained, and
when Pippo nut the egg down it be.