Anecdotes of Animals

The ease with which the elephant is taught to perform the most difficult feats forms a remarkable contrast to its huge size and clumsiness. Aristotle tells us that in ancient ti...

On an estate in Scotland a terrier had a litter of pups, which were at once taken away from her and drowned. The unfortunate mother was very unhappy, until, a few weeks later, s...

A contest of rather an unusual nature took place in the house of an innkeeper in Ireland. The parties engaged were a hen of the game species and a rat of middle size. The hen, i...

"One rainy winter evening, as I was alone in my room," says an American gentleman, "I took up my flute and began to play. In a few minutes my attention was directed to a mouse t...

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