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"WELL, uncle, and if I did kick the little beast, what of that? He's only a dog, a mere shepherd's dog," said Steenie Steers, in a tone of contempt, as he looked down on the rough little creature that had crouched for protection beside the chair of his master, Farmer Macalpine.
"And what is a dog-a shepherd's dog-but a useful creature, a grateful creature, that might teach a lesson to many of a nobler race? " said the farmer tartly.