GIP

Radio Record, 7 August 1936, Page 56

GIP

(IP was a white terrier . puppy,. whose one bad fault was that he loved to bite’ the coalman’s trousers. Peter’s Daddy had ‘said that very morning that if it happened again, Gip must be sent away. Alas, it had happened again; and rather than be parted ‘from his pet, Peter was running away. They ran and ran until they’ reached the park. As they went in, Peter took off his belt and put it through Gip’s collar for a lead, They saw- two swans. on the bank of a pond, and Gip went to tease them. His barking made them very angry; the big one was arching his neck angrily as Peter. hastily pulled the naughty dog away. They wandered. round: and round, and Peter became very very tired and very hot, but he determined not to go home in case Daddy. should keep his word and send Gip ‘away. . At last he could walk no farther, so he lay down on the grass and shut his eyes, still holding Gip tightly. He was almost asleep when suddenly Gip jerked the ‘belt out of his hand and darted across to the pond. Peter ran after him, but’ when he caught him up it was:too-late. ‘The big swan had flown at Gip, and now Peter saw-his dear little puppy lying. quite: still.on the ground as if he were dead.. The. park policeman came up, drove off the swan and picked Gip up. ‘They went to the shelter at the park gates, After ‘the policeman had spoken on the telephone, he turned: to Gip. The puppy, who was lying on the floor, Was just opening his ‘eyes, and after drinking some water, began licking thr policeman’s hands. Peter tol his story. Just as he had finished, there was the . sound of a car stopping, and there was Peter’s. daddy. He picked up Peter, and above the barking, laughing and. erying,. the policeman said, "I took your name from the dog’s collar, sir, and telephoned, as’ I thought you would ‘be anxious."* "Indeed, yes," said. Peter’s daddy. "Gip ‘will have’ to come home, too, if it would make Peter So very unhappy to send him away." "Anyway," remarked | the policeman, "he’s learnt not to upset swans when they are nesting." There was no doubt. that Gip had’. learned something .#lse,: too, for he never tried. to bite anyone again,