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'The dog that fetches will carry.'-i.e. A talebearer will tell tales of you, as well as to you.

[1830 R. Forby Vocabulary of East Anglia 429]So Nellie twisted what you said and told it to Miss Wilder. ‥'A dog that will fetch a bone, will carry a bone.'

[1941 L. I. Wilder Little Town on Prairie xv.]All this gossip reminded Shirley‥of the saw The dog who brings a bone also will carry one away.

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'The dog that fetches will carry.'-i.e. A talebearer will tell tales of you, as well as to you.

[1830 R. Forby Vocabulary of East Anglia 429]So Nellie twisted what you said and told it to Miss Wilder. ‥'A dog that will fetch a bone, will carry a bone.'

[1941 L. I. Wilder Little Town on Prairie xv.]All this gossip reminded Shirley‥of the saw The dog who brings a bone also will carry one away.

Read more: a-dog-that-will-fetch-a-bone-will-carry-a-bone

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When she got there the cupboard was bear

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Yes, as in telling a dog to "Go fetch the bone!" or, "Would you please fetch me that pitcher?"

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Some dogs will walk around with a bone in its mouth and whine when they are looking for a safe place to bury the bone. Other dogs may want you to play fetch with them and the bone.

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The dog see's a reflection of him with the bone and thinks it is another dog with another bone.

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