Little Annie does not understand what I am saying , but looks wishfully at the proud lady in the window . We will invite her home with us as we return . Meantime , good by , Dame Doll ! A toy yourself , you look forth from your window upon many ladies that are also toys , though they walk and speak , and upon a crowd in pursuit of toys , though they wear grave visages . O , with your never-closing eyes , had you but an intellect to moralize on all that flits before them , what a wise doll would you be ! Come , little Annie , we shall find toys enough , go where we may . Now we elbow our way among the throng again . It is curious , in the most crowded part of a town , to meet with living creatures that had their birthplace in some far solitude , but have acquired a second nature in the wilderness of men . Look up , Annie , at that canary-bird , hanging out of the window in his cage . Poor little fellow ! His golden feathers are all tarnished in this smoky sunshine ; he would have glistened twice as brightly among the summer islands ; but still he has become a citizen in all his tastes and habits , and would not sing half so well without the uproar that drowns his music . What a pity that he does not know how miserable he is ! There is a parrot , too , calling out , `` Pretty Poll ! Pretty Poll ! '' as we pass by . Foolish bird , to be talking about her prettiness to strangers , especially as she is not a pretty Poll , though gaudily dressed in green and yellow . If she had said , `` Pretty Annie , '' there would have been some sense in it . See that gray squirrel at the door of the fruit-shop , whirling round and round so merrily within his wire wheel ! Being condemned to the treadmill , he makes it an amusement . Admirable philosophy !
Here comes a big , rough dog , a countryman 's dog in search of his master ; smelling at everybody 's heels , and touching little XXXXX 's hand with his cold nose , but hurrying away , though she would fain have patted him .
Annie Doll Pretty canary-bird feathers fellow fruit-shop home second visages