THE STORY OF A CAT
*.':";,Oiie"flay; in IDcceiauer Sir. Tom Cat '"Slidaiswife' MUs i Lucy Mousb were ■■./Making some butter to store up for the '"winter. After; it had been made they stored it' in the ■ trunk of a tree. The butter was forgotten till one clay Mri'Gat thought of it, and said to Miss Mouse," "My clear,: I have a sister to be.married, to-day and I am invited to the wedding. Please will you grant S"me leave!" tucy said she would, and !' carried on with'lier work, while Mr. Cat jl crept stealthily to the butter. 'When it tl was half-eaten he went home. it, "What, back so early?" cried Lucy. f t , "Yes," replied the other. i: "But what is your sister's name?" ;;"■ "Half-done," said Tom. I*; The butter was now forgotten by j I X»ucy, but not by Tom. He asked leave t\ again to go to another sister's wedding, j i bu% went straight to the butter, and, jwhon he had finished'he .went home • again and told Lueythe name of this ■ sister was "All-gone." ...'.:;'■; »': "You rogue, you have diddled me!" • • ehouted Lucy in rage; and that is why • s» cat and a mouse are never friends. \ r "SISTEB SADIE" (10). S; Greytown.
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Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 20
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205THE STORY OF A CAT Evening Post, Volume CX, Issue 137, 6 December 1930, Page 20
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