OCR Text |
Show He Could Not Purr. A little girl who has just, begun the study of French has also been given a black poodle, straight from Paris, and though she is not especially fond of his native language she is tenderly attached to Jacques. One day she was trying to make him acquainted with the kitten which she held in her lap, advancing her from time to time toward his black nose, which Jacques held awkwardly in the air, embarrassed by so much attention. At luncheon the little girl gave her father fath-er an account of the interview. "Kitty and Jacques had a beautiful time together this morning," said she. "At first kitty growled and he wouldn't look at her, but after a while he would let her touch his nose with hers." "I suppose they couldn't be very familiar famil-iar at first, not speaking the same language," lan-guage," said papa. "No, bnt they got along beautifully at last. I shouldn't be surprised if Jacques was kitty's intimate friend before long." "What do yon suppose they'll talk about?" asked papa. "Oh, they'll have a million secrets! But I'll tell yon what I guess they said today, Kitty said to Jacques, 'Do yon speak English? and he said, '.No, je nt peux pas' (Je ne purr pas). I almost heard them, papa!" Montreal Star. |