Show I I Sleepy Time Tim e I Tales A TERRIBLE PERSON PERSONA ay The rats sail and the mice thought that Miss Kitty Cat was was wasa a terrible person She was altogether too fond of or hunting them The They agreed however that In one way It was was pleasant to have her about the farmhouse When she washed her face race while sitting on the doorsteps they know know so so they said that said that It was going going- to rain An And then Mrs Rat never would let her hu husband leave home with without with out taking his umbrella As a rule Miss Kitty Cat didn't look at all frightful Almost always alwa's she ap appeared appeared appeared ap- ap quite unruffled going about her business in a quiet way and malting making no fuss over anything Of course when old dog Spot chased chased and and cornered her cornered her she was quite a different sort of creature crea crea- ture Then she arched her back puffed her t tall tail ll out to twice Its usual size and I spat fiercely at lot Spot He lie learned not to get within reach of her sharp claws when she behaved In that fashion For old Spot had a tender nos nose And no one knew it better than Miss Kitty Kitty- Cat Around the farmhouse she was politeness politeness polite- polite ness nees Itself when Itself when there was anybody to observe her If her meals were late ate she never clamored clamor d. d as Johnnie Green sometimes sometimes sometimes some some- times did To Tobe be sure she might remind Mrs Green by plaintive mewing that she had not had her saucer of or milk But ButI she was at always careful not not- to tobe be rude I about It t And though hUll n Miss Kitty I l la liked a warm place in winter she never crowded anybody else away from the fire She crept under the kitchen range where no one else cared to sit And there she would doze by the hour hour hour-es- es especially after she had enjoyed a hearty meal e eOn On summer nights however r. r when she loved to hunt ou out of doors Miss Kitty Cat was IS far from appearing sleepy Sh She roamed roame about the fields or crept through the tree tops with a stealthy tread and a working of her tall tail Folk smaller small small- er than Miss Kitty never cared to meet her at such times They knew that she would spring upon them If she had a an chance n So they tO took Rood good 0 care car t to keep out of t th h her way i And n if 1 f they they caught a hl s sight of her when she had her hunting manner they always alwa's gave the tho alarm In their own fashion warning their friends I to beware of or the monster Miss Kitty I I Cat because cause sh she was abroad and in a ai a i dangerous mood Johnnie Green liked Miss Kitty Often she would come to him and rub against him and pun pur fairly begging g I him to stroke l her er back Unless he puW pulled h her tall tail at such times Umes she kept her claws carefully out of sight and basked under Johnnies Johnnie's petting If he had been her size and she had been his Miss lIss Kitty Cat might not have been so harmless She might have played with Johnnie as she sometimes played with a mouse But Johnnie Green never stopped to think of anything like that And If he had he would have thought it a great Joke He would have laughed at the Idea of Miss 1 Kitty Cat CatI I holding him beneath her paw Copyright 1921 by Metropolitan Newspaper Newspaper News News- I pa paper per Service SE Tomorrow Miss Kitty objects to old od dog dog- Spots Spot's whining He Ie leaves the I kitchen |