Davy and the Goblin / What Followed Reading 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland'

g to say to him. "Every creature I meet does have something to say," he thought, as he felt about for the window-fastening, "and I should really like to hear a Cow"-

rious expression of countenance, solemnly chewing, and slowly swishing her tail from side to side. As Davy really didn't know how to begin a conversation with a Cow,

aid Davy, not knowi

r in the vegetable garden. We thought gooseberries would

y curious,"

ather-bed in the garden. The pig sleeps there, and calls it his quil

laughing. "What else i

d the Cow. "You've heard of 'Jack

ning to be very much interested. "I

them talk; that is, if they had anything to say, and you listened long

ght red brick, with little gables, and dormer-windows in the roof, and with a trim little

e the Cow with a

, but nothing that can properly be called a crump. Then the story was all wrong about my tossing

ss him?" in

g a cat? The fact is, I've never had a fair chance to toss anything. As for

see Mother Hubbard,"

ee. If you'll look in at the kitchen window you'll probably find h

ing to sing. The piano was very remarkable, and Davy could not remember ever having seen one like it before. The top of it was arranged with shelves, on w

high-heeled shoes and buckles, and wore a tall pointed hat over her nightcap. She was so l

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owards him he was surprised to see that she looked very like old Miss Peggs, his school-teacher. While she was singing the song little handfuls

o is throwing that gravel

l find him around at the front of the house. B

greatly surprised

precisely what I should expect of a p

n't help tha

t I should expect of a person who hadn't any chewing-gum." And with this the Co

mildly upon Davy through her spect

thrown any,

ard, shaking her head;

h," said Davy, indignan

far better if he had been cooked last Christmas instead of being left over. Stuffing him

y, provoked at being mixed u

; and by this time she had grown to be so surprisingly like Miss Peggs that Davy i

k," he said, respectfully; "but I

o see what Gobobbles might be like. As he approached the front of the house he heard a loud, thumping noise, and presently he came in sight of Gobobbles, who proved to be a large and very bold-mannered turkey with all his feathers taken off except a frowzy tuft about his neck. He was tied fast in a

t abide

t?" sai

sionately. "They're so everlastingly hungry.

" said Davy, seeing no w

resuming his thumping with increased energy, "that I'm as hollow as a drum and as tough as a hat-b

it is," r

bbles, angrily; "I never knew a

ving it come," s

u go!" and here he began hopping his chair forward in such a threatening man

getting out of the neighborhood as soon as possible. Before he had gone a dozen steps, however, he heard a thumping sound behind him, and, looking back, he saw, to his dismay, that Gobobbles had in some way got lo

d nearer, until it seemed to be just at his heels. At this instant something sprang upon his back; but, before he could cry out in his terror, a head was