NIGGER AND THE GOLDFISH.

Hutt News, Volume 3, Issue 28, 4 December 1930, Page 4

NIGGER AND THE GOLDFISH.

"Nigger! Oh, you naughty cat!" cried Toddles, chasing his pet out of the nursery "You are a bad, wicked thing!" And he ran after him dbwn the stairs, and into the garden. 1 '' What was he doing ?*' asked 1 Nannie, who was hanging Baby's washing on _the line), "jTloulaS him on the tqp of the cupbjbard in the nursery," said Toddles, <;just by the goldfish bowl. He had his paw out, and was just going to s6oop out one of my dear little fishes." ":Qh, dear!" said Nannie. "We shall have tp be careful, Toddles, and, not let him come into the nursery."

"Yes," agreed the little boy. "Unless . . ./"-He stopped, and looked rather thoughful. Then he clapped his hancls. "I've got an idea," he said. "I'm going to teach Nigger a lesson." He went upstairs, turned on the tap over the bathroom basin, and tipped his two goldfish into the wa ter. '' You must stay there a few minutes," he said*/' Then I'll put you back into your own little bowl again." He filled the bowl with fresh water and took it back into the nursery. Then he went to the toy cupboard got out a couple of brightly painted celluloid goldfish. These he popped into the bowl, and then carried it out into tne garden. «' Look, Nannie, 7' he said. "Vtar going to;: leave it on the grass, J6ENigger to see. Won't he be afeappoanted when he goes to have a lovely feast!" -~\ "What an idea!" laughed t&e work \H She httftg up ; the last ,lstj? tie garment on the line a^nd • saw tha-t Baby was comfy asleep: in her pram, then she and Toddles crept into the"tool-shed and watch ed from there to see what would happen. Nigger had been sitting in the sun on the top of the garden wall, but as soon as Nurse and Toddles had disappeared, and all was quiet he, sprang down on to the flower bed. In another moment he was . creeping across the grass towards the goldfish bowl. % "Look, Nannie!" whispered Toddles, excitedly, "He's got one!" The cat had put his paw stealthily over the edge of the bowl, and was scooping out one of the X celluloid fish- Then—scrunch— he, Jbit it in two 1 "Bit, oh, how disgusted he looked the next moment! Nannie and Toddles were in fits of laughter in the tool-shed, as Nigger/ drop T ped tie fish, shook his head from side to side, and walked off with hi» tail waving furiously. He often comes into the nur« scry now. It's really quite safe —for lie never even glances at the gold-fish bowl.