Ransey Tansey was up much earlier than usual on this particular morning, because father was coming home, and there was a good deal to do.As he crawled out of his bed-a kind of big box arrangement at the farther end of the one-roomed cottage-he gave a glance towards the corner where Babs slept in an elongated kind of basket, which by courtesy might have been called a bassinette.Yes, Babs was sound and fast, and that was something Ransey Tansey had to be thankful for. He bent over her for a few seconds, listening as if to make sure she was alive; for this wee three-year-old was usually awake long before this, her eyes as big as saucers, and carrying on an animated conversation with herself in lieu of any other listener.The boy gave a kind of satisfied sigh, and drew the coverlet over her bare arm. Then he proceeded to dress; while Bob, a beautiful, tailless English sheep-dog, lay near the low hearth watching his every movement, with his shaggy head cocked a trifle to one side, as if he had his considering cap on.
Ransey Tansey was up much earlier than usual on this particular morning, because father was coming home, and there was a good deal to do.As he crawled out of his bed-a kind of big box arrangement at the farther end of the one-roomed cottage-he gave a glance towards the corner where Babs slept in an elongated kind of basket, which by courtesy might have been called a bassinette.Yes, Babs was sound and fast, and that was something Ransey Tansey had to be thankful for. He bent over her for a few seconds, listening as if to make sure she was alive; for this wee three-year-old was usually awake long before this, her eyes as big as saucers, and carrying on an animated conversation with herself in lieu of any other listener.The boy gave a kind of satisfied sigh, and drew the coverlet over her bare arm. Then he proceeded to dress; while Bob, a beautiful, tailless English sheep-dog, lay near the low hearth watching his every movement, with his shaggy head cocked a trifle to one side, as if he had his considering cap on.
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