Blanche looked at it and pretended to read it , putting by the slate with her paw when she had done . ` Now give us the French for that word , ' said the man ; and she instantly brought CHEVAL . ` Now , as you are at an Englishman 's house , give it to us in English ; ' and she brought me HORSE . Then we spelt some words wrong , and she corrected them with wonderful accuracy . But she did not seem to like it , and whined and growled and looked so worried , that she was allowed to go and rest and eat cakes in a corner . `` Then Lyda took her place on the table , and did sums on the slate with a set of figures . Also mental arithmetic , which was very pretty . ` Now , Lyda , ' said her master , ' I want to see if you understand division . Suppose you had ten bits of sugar , and you met ten Prussian dogs , how many lumps would you , a French dog , give to each of the Prussians ? ' Lyda very decidedly replied to this with a cipher . ` But , suppose you divided your sugar with me , how many lumps would you give me ? ' Lyda took up the figure five and politely presented it to her master . '' `` Was n't she smart ? Sanch ca n't do that , '' exclaimed Ben , forced to own that the French doggie beat his cherished pet . `` He is not too old to learn . Shall I go on ? '' asked Miss Celia , seeing that the boys liked it , though Betty was absorbed with the doll , and Bab deep in a puzzle . `` Oh , yes ! What else did they do ? '' `` They played a game of dominoes together , sitting in chairs opposite each other , and touched the dominoes that were wanted ; but the man placed them and kept telling how the game went .
XXXXX was beaten , and hid under the sofa , evidently feeling very badly about it .
Ben Betty Blanche CHEVAL English French Lyda Prussian Sanch dominoes