Tommy had to go to school every day, and while he was away I either stayed in the house or played in the backyard. I had some bones out there and an old rubber ball someone had thrown over the fence, and I played with them. Now and then a cat scrambled up on the fence and walked along it, and I barked at the cat.
Once one fell off in our yard and I almost caught it, but it put up its back and spit at me, so I thought I'd better not, and it ran up the fence again and jumped over into the next yard.
The other dogs never would play with me. I think maybe Bijou would have liked to, but he was ashamed. The other dogs seemed to think it was common to play.
Mary used to take them out for a walk in the street every day, with a leather strap fastened to each of their collars so they wouldn't run away or get lost. I wished I could go too; but she never took me.

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