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Show Daddy's C' Qm Fciirrj Talc " ' ' ' '"'" '" '' T PUSSY'S PLEASURE They all made a great fuss over Pussy. There were two boys and one girl and a mother and a father and all of them liked I'ussy. Pussy considered herself a very lucky cat. She was pelted and she wus given such gootl things to eat. I'ussy had not been very happy when she was a little kitten. She had been very young when She had had to look out for herself. And looking out for herself was not easy. Many a time Pussy had been hungry. Then when she found a home soon 6he was left alone in a big house without with-out a soul to bother about her. She thought surely the family had not gone away for good. She didn't believe they could be so cruel as to leave her. She was certain they must have gone nIT on a very short trip and must have left food for her. But no, there was no food and no family, and then she realized the horrible hor-rible truth. They had gone away for a long time a summer at least and had just left Pussy to shift for herself, which meant all sorts of horrible things. They even had not let her out. Well, It wus something hard for Pussy to believe be-lieve and it almost made her lose her faith In human nature, for she had believed the family had really cared for her. But she found a way out and once more she had to look after herself. One day when she was wandering about looking very sad and wretched and when some children bad been teasing teas-ing her a little girl named Ada saw her and said : "Oh, Daddy, may I take that little homeless pussy with me?" It was perfectly plain to see thai Pussy w'as a little homeless waif of f Ada Loved Her More Than Anyone , Else. cat. Her fur looked bad and the lack of food and proper care had made Pussy look pretty shabby. She was really ashamed of her appearance ap-pearance and yet there was nothing she could do. She gave a little bit of-a wail which was her way of saying: "Oh, please take me home!" Ada's daddy said she could take her home, and take her home she did. She was given such nice warm milk and such a warm and comfortable bed. Soon her fur became nice again and she took care of herself, too. The good food she had made her feel well and made her look well. Yes, they all made a great fuss over Pussy. The two boys and the mother and the father all petted Pussy and made her feel so at home. But Ada loved her more than anyone any-one else did. The great pleasure of Pussy's life was to curl up in Ada's lap after a nice dinner and purr and think of the difference between this life and the life she had lived before Ada had taken pity on her and loved her and petted her. Tes, that Pnssy's greatest pleasure pleas-ure to think of the difference between those days and the ones she now lived ! |