Eve's Diary by Mark Twain
LitReading - Classic Short Stories
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A Tiger Is a Reptile
I was so eager to get hold of every pretty thing that I gettily grabbed for it, sometimes when it was too far off. The scratched experiment shuns the thorn. If I could have one of those skins, it would make a lovely gown. It has frowsy hair and blue eyes, and looks like a reptile, but with no hips. When it stands, it spreads itself apart like a derrick,. so I think it is a reptile - although it may be architecture. But after following it along several hours, about twenty yards behind, which made it nervous and unhappy; at last it climbed a tree.
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