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22 THE CONCEITED PIG.
would come down and punish her severely.
Miss Peck screamed, protested, said it
was all Spangle's fault, that Cock-a-
doodle did not behave like a gentleman,
that both her legs were broken, and that
she hoped he would come to be hung, as
she knew many of his family had been
before him.
" Hold your tongue," cried Cock-a-
doodle at last, after she had been going
on in this way for some time ; "you
have hindered me so long by your non-
sense that it is just crowing-time again."
So he shouted out cock-a-doodle-doo as
loud as he could, and then putting his
head under his wing, composed himself
to sleep again, as if nothing had been the
matter.
In the meantime Miss Peck stood
would come down and punish her severely.
Miss Peck screamed, protested, said it
was all Spangle's fault, that Cock-a-
doodle did not behave like a gentleman,
that both her legs were broken, and that
she hoped he would come to be hung, as
she knew many of his family had been
before him.
" Hold your tongue," cried Cock-a-
doodle at last, after she had been going
on in this way for some time ; "you
have hindered me so long by your non-
sense that it is just crowing-time again."
So he shouted out cock-a-doodle-doo as
loud as he could, and then putting his
head under his wing, composed himself
to sleep again, as if nothing had been the
matter.
In the meantime Miss Peck stood
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Conceited pig > (34) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78656294 |
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| Description | With six illustrations by Harrison Weir, engraved on wood. |
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| Shelfmark | Cam.1.g.26 |
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| Description | Volumes from a collection of 610 books rich in Highland folklore, Ossianic literature and other Celtic subjects. Many of the books annotated by John Francis Campbell of Islay, who assembled the collection. |
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| Description | Selected items from five 'Special and Named Printed Collections'. Includes books in Gaelic and other Celtic languages, works about the Gaels, their languages, literature, culture and history. |
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