It was Monday. Mrs. Smith's dog was hungry, but there was not any 1in the house. Mrs. Smith took a piece of paper, and wrote the following words on it: "Please2my dog half a pound of meat." Then she gave the paper to3dog and said gently: "Take this to the butcher. And he's going to give you what you want."
Holding the piece of paper in its mouth, the dog ran to the butcher's. It gave the paper to the butcher. The butcher read it4and recognized that it was really the lady's handwriting and soon did it as he was asked to. The dog was very5 and ate the meat up at once.
At noon, the dog came to the shop again. It gave the butcher a piece of paper again6reading it, he gave it half a pound of meat once more.
The next day, the dog came again exactly at noon. And as usual, it7a piece of paper in the mouth. This time, the butcher did not take a look at paper, and gave the dog its meat, for he had regarded the dog as one of his customers.
But the dog came again at four o'clock. And the same thing8once again. To the butcher's surprise, it came for a third time at six o'clock, and brought with it a third piece of paper. The butcher felt a bit puzzled. He said to himself, "This is a small dog9does Mrs. Smith give it so much meat to eat today?"
Looking at the piece of paper, he10that there were not any words on it!
