ANIMAL YARNS.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXIV, Issue 239, 7 October 1903, Page 2 (Supplement)

ANIMAL YARNS.

A gentleman in London has a. pretty rabbit which plays about the house with the children. The rabbit has seen the gentleman take up his walking stick in the evening prior to going for a. stroll. The thoughtful animal evidently considered the subject, and concluded that fetching a. stick was the proper prelude to going lor a walk.

So when this odd pet is tired of running about the hmtse he goes and finds a short stick, stands on his hind legs., and nods to the assembled family. Then he makes for the back door, waits until it is opened for him, and scuttles away to his hutch. An Indian soldier had a grass snake for ?, pet. The creature was quite harmless. though rather noisy, and by no means pleasant to look at. One night the soldier's tent was visited by thieves who were about to confiscate available valuables when they were suddenly confronted by the snake, who approached them in a threatening attitude. This circumstance so scared them that they at once made off. On another occasion this curious pet saved its owner fnm death by facing a subtle enemy who stole in at night to take his life.