Billy stood behind her till she said, "Lie down." Then he curled himself at her feet.
He lay quietly, even when she left him and went to another counter.

But he eyed her very anxiously till she came back and said, "Up," to him.
Then he sprang up and followed her out to the street.
She stood in the shop door, and looked lovingly down on us as we fawned on her.

"Good dogs," she said, softly; "you shall have a present." We went behind her again, and she took us to a shop where we both lay beside the counter.

When we heard her ask the clerk for solid rubber balls, we could scarcely keep still.

We both knew what "ball" meant.
Taking the parcel in her hand, she came out into the street.