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Show TIND KITTURY Tom and him aiater. Kittury wera two kittens. Tom wn blackall black; not even one white paw hd he, while hi lntfr was the datn,(ient hita kitten kit-ten yon fVer mmw; and waa ilwnvg h clean and wllrk looking aa a well !-bavl !-bavl kitten nhoutd be. Tom was full of miarhler. and, while hie coat waa Mack, and did not iliow the duet and dirt, he really nevr wag clean. Tom likad to roll over and over on the ground in the catnip bed, and It mad not the leaat different to blra tf tba aahea vre emptied near it, Sometime be rolled in the caalbln jnmt to foot the rouf h coal cratch hla back. Hometltnew he raw Into the woods and chaed the rabMte and aquirrela until hla coat waa all raaawd Jookutf and bltn of leaves and s.loka clung to it. Tom a mother. Tabby, wee a neat tat. and nhe tried in every way to make her son be tidy and allck: but Tom did not heed Iter: he wanted to look -like a tramp cat and not all slick like Kittury. "Oh! Tom, If only yon would be nice ajjd behei'e as your sister does." said j his mother on day, "1 should be proud of you; ehe never rolls in the I dirt and she keepe her coat nlc and i white. I am ashamed of you; you look I to rough end untidy." j Tnm had always felt rather jealous of his sister becauee everyone praised j her whit oat. and when his mother aald Kittury was nice and white Tom thought it would be good fun to see her look dusty and grimy for once. One morning Kittury sat on the front atepa all slick and white when Tom came along. 'Hello. Kit!" ha aald: "want to come with me and have some fun?" "I'll go If It l clean where you are going. I do not want to get my coat soiled. answered Kittury. "Oh! you don't have to get your white ( fur even spotted," answered Tom. "AH you have to do I to watch me." I "I will go along with you then. said j the unsuspecting Kittury. I Tom led her to the catnip bed where ! little closer to get better smell: them h stepped closer still and poked her . head deep lno the bed. The next inln uta Kittury hsd forgotten U sbout hef? fine white coat and plunged right tntff the middle of the bed. Tom stopped rolling' long enough ta . aea hla tster roll Into the black duet and then he ran for home. "Oh mother, mother, come and aea Kit!" he cried. "She ia In the catnip bed and her coat la all black." Tabby ran after Tom aa faat as aha eeeld. and sure enough there was he dainty white Kittury railing over and; ever In elf the dust and tttrt, her white coat so dingy that it looked like army; fur. : j A A cry from Tabby brought Klttara . aut of the bed looking very 1 ashamed, but stl she would aay wheity., her mather scolded waa that it was fun "J and That she Ttked uunii. ; Tabby took her home and gave he . a good scrubbing and made her alt lit the aun to dry. but Kittury waa ntr longer to be the pride of her mother and I lie very next time ahe found chance to run away she ran to the cat ntp bed and rolled. l thought that would end her tldjp habits," aald Tom; "no cat can reaist fine bed of catnip, even if It is near art i nmh heap. I guess mother will not tell me any more about how fine and whit Kit's coat is. Hhe looks tike a gray; cat most of the time now." - Tabby tried for a while to keep Kit-C tnry tidy and neat, but after a time? she gsve tt up and let her roll all aha wished. ' One day a man came and dug up le the catnip and began to build a house and Tabby was glad, and Tom, wher waa getting older and tired of run- nlng Mboui. began to take better care; of his coat. -Kittury, when ahe found the catnipi bed gone, began to clean h coat I again, and before long Tabby had two v slick looking children who net beeid ! her every day In the aun on the front i atepa. and ahe was happy. 1 tCtapyrtfht. 117, bar the UcOw Smww 4mw.' N'v tart liv I he had seen a man that morning emptying emp-tying ashes and fml dust and began to roll over and over. "How can you roll in that dirty place?" asked Kittury. looking at him with disgust. "Come close and take a sniff, said Tom. who knew that his sister had never amelled cstnlp. and that if she could get one tiny sniff ahe was lost. Very carefully Kittury picked her way tn the bed and poked her nose cln to the fatal blossom-She blossom-She entffed st once and stepped a snosmBansaannHManBiSB |