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H THE CONCEITED PIG.
there is that strange noise come back that
I heard before. Do just hsten. What
can it be?"
'' Oh, I dare say it is nothing but the
horses in the stable, or that wretched old
Hector rattling his everlasting chain,"
answered Fatsides. " You know the
other night when you woke us all up it
turned out to be nothing but Buttercup
rubbing her horns against the crib."
" Ah, very likely," interrupted Wilful ;
"but this is a very different thing.
There, just hear that strange popping
sound ; depend upon it, either the stables
are on fire, or there are a number of those
frightful great blue butchers killing and
carrying off all the cows. I am deter-
mined, at any rate, that I will go and see
what is the matter."
there is that strange noise come back that
I heard before. Do just hsten. What
can it be?"
'' Oh, I dare say it is nothing but the
horses in the stable, or that wretched old
Hector rattling his everlasting chain,"
answered Fatsides. " You know the
other night when you woke us all up it
turned out to be nothing but Buttercup
rubbing her horns against the crib."
" Ah, very likely," interrupted Wilful ;
"but this is a very different thing.
There, just hear that strange popping
sound ; depend upon it, either the stables
are on fire, or there are a number of those
frightful great blue butchers killing and
carrying off all the cows. I am deter-
mined, at any rate, that I will go and see
what is the matter."
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| Early Gaelic Book Collections > J. F. Campbell Collection > Conceited pig > (16) |
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| Permanent URL | https://digital.nls.uk/78656078 |
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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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