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And he let him sleep in one of his barns. One of the mill cats found out that there was a new warm bed in this barn, and she came and lived there too, and kept away the mice. One night, however, Mrs. Pussy disturbed the Miller's rest. She was in and out of the window constantly, and meowed horribly into the bargain. "It seems a man can't even sleep in peace," said the Miller.
"If you visit the Little People again, I fear it will have to be with your own friends. But wait a while. We've had enough surprising experiences for a time." "It's really Jeremiah who is the cause of everything," Hortense said. As she spoke Jeremiah walked in slowly, a very dejected cat. "Come here, sir," Grandfather said sternly. Jeremiah meowed plaintively and jumped on Grandfather's knee.
Here and there smoke streamed upward from a chimney, or a window-pane showed an oblong of pale light. The dirty snow, frozen in thick lumps about the yard, was trodden by a furtive black cat, that mounted a fence and meowed desolately. Harriet saw this from Linda's kitchen, when she put out the light that was becoming unnecessary.
He was in mortal terror every tree spoke out loud to him; the dark places gave back groans, the night-winds swooped upon him, whispering their terrible fears. The great underground wildcat meowed from the slopes, the red-winged moon-birds shrilled across the sky, and the stone giants from the cliffs rocked and sounded back to White Otter, until he cried aloud: "O Good God, come help me.
Up to that time he had never talked even cat language. He had never meowed since the day he presented himself at Amélie's and asked for sanctuary. But we have had, from the beginning, a few collisions of will-power. The first few weeks that he was a guest in my house, I was terribly flattered because he never wanted to sleep anywhere but on my knees.
"That's it!" meowed Pussy Cat Mole. "I am glad you remember me, Uncle Wiggily. It was at a party I met you, and now I am going to another. Or, rather, I was going until I jumped over a coal, and in my best petticoat burned a great hole. Now I can't go," and she held up the burned dress, sorrowful like and sad. "How did you happen to jump over the coal?" asked Uncle Wiggily.
Then, after lying still for a bit, he rose to a crouching position as though to spring again, snarling horribly and making short half-circles with lowered head. And Smoke all the while meowed piteously by the window as though trying to draw the attack upon himself. Then it was that the rush of the whole dreadful business seemed to turn aside from the dog and direct itself upon his own person.
She knew it was a success both because of her exalted feelings and because Poppy meowed out in discordant disapproval only once; the rest of the time Poppy purred as appreciatively as for "The Maiden's Prayer." Dear Poppy! Missy felt suddenly contrite for her defection from faithful Poppy. And Poppy was getting old Aunt Nettie said she'd already lived much longer than most cats.
He never budged until I was dressed in the morning, when he got up, as if it were the usual thing, and followed, in his most dignified manner, down to breakfast. Well, that was struggle number one. Khaki had scored. But, no sooner had I got myself reconciled I felt pretty shamefaced when he changed his plans. The very moment I was ready for bed he wanted to go out. He never meowed.
I have some extra pieces of cloth, left over when Mrs. Spin-Spider made Nurse Jane's dress. Now you can take these pieces of cloth and mend the hole burned by the coal in your best petticoat. Then you can go to the party." "Oh, so I can," meowed the pussy cat. So, with a needle and thread, and the cloth she mended her best petticoat.
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