Show dacca dajda us S ala a fair u tale ale la e y mary aiom AGRAS KITTENS agra aera was a very proud cat and why she be pro proud ud she seemed to bayl bay she had three beautiful kittens the dearest little black soft furry kittens one was named hannibal and one w was s named nero and the third was named angelica agra find aind not named her kittens herself ifer her mistress had named them and where she had found such splendid names agra know in tact fact tier her own name was a most unusual one too she liked to hear tier her mistress call the kittens by their names but they came to their mother cat without being called by any names at nil all that was right they knew for it matter what nhat their mother called them hero they were tier her own dear little kittens they always go to their mistress when they were mere called but when they were picked up gently and petted they were very sweet and seemed to enjoy being petted the three kittens were live five weeks old and they played about the house and had bad the best time in the world but most of tile the time they enjoyed sleeping and they knew the nicest bed of nil all their mother would lie down on a soft rug in the he center of the room and the three kittens would lie quite close to their mother and rest their little heads on her soft furry body oil oh that was a wonderful bed the most wonderful bed in the world tile the kittens knew that their mothers fur wis was all black except for a little patch of white upon her throat and though the fur of the she had three beautiful kittens kitten baby kittens was not so shiny black blach as their mothers was site she had bad told them it would look the same way before very long it was very pretty fur even though it was not so shiny black their mother thought yes each of them bad such a pretty coat and each little kitten too had a white patch upon the throat too they were so pleased to look so much like their mother they had already heard people say how much like their mother they do look and that had bad pleased them enormously their mother wore a little narrow green leather collar about her neck which was most becoming to tier her but her mistress said that while agra could wear car a collar the little ones would only be bothered and annoyed by such a decoration they were too young to be so dressy their mothers eyes were a beautiful greenish ji bellow ellow color while theirs were mere more of fl a blue shade their mother liked to lie out of doors in the warm sunshine and there too the lie kittens followed her then she liked the winn warm stoie stoic and there too the kittens followed tier her and curled up by her as site she slept under the beautiful stove warmth you are very beautiful my dears mother agra said cleri wl en you are eight weeks old two of you are going out to seek your fortunes but it will not be hard for you will have your homes one of you Is to be the pet kitten of a doctor and while you do not anted to study medicine yourself you will say to leq ale if they ask you whal you expect to di do when you grow older 1 I ani to lo be a doctors helper and assistant for you will mill help by your comfort and your society another of you will go to be the comfort and helper of a business man and when you are asked what you will to do aou ou will III say 1 I am going into business I 1 am and my third kitten Is to stay here with me that Is what the mistress has ing said and the little kittens dreamed of their future lives and mother agra was very happy for her three kittens would be well looked after and one of them by their heir own mother lo in the meantime they hey would mould stay with mith her for a few more weeks while they were so 0 o very young it would not be wise to liae them leave her and the mistress knew that oh yes agra was a very proud and happy ell cat 1 |