"I am hungry," thought Cheri, "but if I give my breakfast to this
poor thing, perhaps I shall save her life." He placed his bread in the
girl's hand, and she ate it hungrily. Just then he heard loud cries,
and saw that it was the beautiful Zelie struggling to free herself
from four men who were carrying her into a house near by.
Cheri, longing to help her, followed them barking, and although the
men kicked him savagely, he would not leave the place. Presently from
a window was thrown a plateful of tempting-looking food. Cheri was
just about to devour it, when the girl to whom he had given the bread,
rushed forward and throwing her arms around him cried,
[Illustration: "COME, MY CHILDREN, I AM GOING TO TRANSPORT YOU TO YOUR
PALACE."]
"Poor little dog, do not touch that food, it is poisoned." Just then
a voice was heard saying, "You see that a good action meets with
reward," and at the same time Cheri was changed into a pretty white
pigeon. For several days he flew around hoping to catch sight of
Zelie, and at last, seated by a hermit, outside a cave, he found
her. Fluttering down he alighted upon her shoulder.
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