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Show AAKV GKAHAM. BONNER. TAB'S CLEVERNESS . Tab was a fire cat and he loved the firemen and they loved him. When they were getting on their tire suits Tab rushed from one to the other carrying each fireman his boots. You might have thought Tab would have made mistakes. Boots look so much alike. But Tab knew them all every one, i and he got every pair of boots for ' the right owner. He carried many of their other belongings be-longings to them, and it saved them a great deal of time and hurrying. Tab had lived long enough In the engine house to know that every minute min-ute counted after the fire alarm had come In. Now the men hadn't time to thank their pet for his cleverness then. Tab understood that, too! He was quite satisfied that he had made no mistakes. He knew he hadn't, for every man had put on the things he had brought to him. How happy and elated and proud was Tab. He was a real engine house cat now, he felt sure they'd say so when they came home from the fire. And wasn't he petted when they did come home? They told everyone about Tab, the fire cat, and many of their friends came to see Tab. He would do his tricks for the Carrying Each Fireman His Boots guests because it pleased his firemen masters, for they were the only ones he cared about. After a time he learned all the alarm bells that came In when fires broke out. He knew the differences between them, and always, from the time when he considered he had become a cat, he helped the firemen hurry to the fire. He never made a mistake In giving giv-ing each one the right things, and he never made a mistake In the fire bells. But one day a fire broke out in the house next door. Tab smeit smoke he knew the kind of burning smell it was, for the firemen always were full of it after they had come home from the fire. He felt sure It was next door, but still he couldn't understand why thp alarm hadn't come in. He went to one of the firemen who was on duty but who had not noticed the smell of smoke. Tab sniffed and made the fireman see what he meant. And, sure enough, there was a fire next door, and Tab was the one who had sent In the alarm. The fire was put out before It had a chance to get very far, and the people peo-ple in the house said: "To think of living next to a fire house and to have the cat save us and our house by sending in the alarm." And the firemen were still more proud of their fire cat, Tab. And he was so glad thnt they were pleased with him. It made his purring pur-ring happier than ever! |