Argosy, September 1955 — page 58: what you’re looking at

Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.

56 ANIMAL CRACKERS And the little dog laughed, Ha ha! Ah! you should keep dogs—fine animals—sagacious creatures —dog of my own once—Pointer—surprising instinct—out shoot- ing one day—entering enclosure—whistled—dog stopped— whistled again—Ponto—no go; stock still—called him—Ponto, Ponto—wouldn’t move—dog transfixed—staring at a board— looked up; saw an inscription—‘‘ Gamekeeper has orders to shoot all dogs found in this enclosure ’’—wouldn’t pass it— wonderful dog—valuable dog that—very. Mr. ingle, in CHARLES DICKENS’ Pickwick Papers The Canary The song of canaries Never varies, And when they’re moulting They’ re pretty revolting. OcGpEN NAsH <> Cee ial = i The Chameleon This was the most unsatisfactory pet I have ever encountered barring poisonous snakes and other dangerous animals. A chameleon is blessed with two separate brains, each of which controls one eye, which can swivel independently like a search- light, and also the two legs on the same side . . . It is true that both brains co-ordinated at the sight of food, and it was a master at picking off flies with its tongue up to a range of six inches; but apart from this feat which was connected with its tummy, co- ordination was non-existent. It is poor fun keeping a pet which takes thirty minutes to decide if a step forward is necessary to its life, and then has to switch over to another brain for the next one. As for changing colour, frogs, fish, and a host of other animals can do as well as a cha- meleon, but they receive no credit for their gifts . . . We squandered our all on a variety of coloured cushions for our chameleon, and as we switched it from one to another it remained its usual nondescript stone colour. It is true that it comiclooks.Cconn