"
"I am so glad the nasty albatross were disappointed."
"The nasty albatross were probably disappointed when they found that
Giovanni was not a piece of spoilt pork. However, they set their
beautiful wings, and went their way, and we set our sails, and went our
way, which was to Adelaide, South Australia."
COUSIN PEREGRINE'S TRAVELLER'S TALES.
JACK OF PERA.
(_Founded on Fact_.)
"Cousin Peregrine, oughtn't we to love our neighbour, whether he's a
nice neighbour or a nasty neighbour?"
"Certainly, Maggie."
"But need we when he's a nasty _next-door_ neighbour?" asked Fred, in
such rueful tones that Cousin Peregrine burst out laughing and said,
"Who is your nasty next-door neighbour, Fred, and what has he done?"
"Well, his name is Mackinnon, Cousin; and everybody says he's always
quarrelling; and he complained of our screaming and the cockatoo
playing--no, of the cockatoo's screaming and our playing prisoners'
base, and he kept our ball once, and now he has complained of poor dear
Ponto's going into his garden, and the dear darling old thing has to be
tied up, except when we take him out for stiff walks."
"I didn't notice anything stiff about his walk yesterday, Fred, He took
the fence into your nasty neighbour's garden at one bound, and came back
with another.
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