Show e 1 tir P r GRAHAM S SCAT ONNER i r inn w CAT AND DOG and he lie was little dog lie was a aery very ery playful ful and friendly and cunning lie Ile lived in abig ar a n r big house but the 1 him h house 0 use to seemed even en bigger big big- ger gel than It was That was waB bee bev because be be- v e C cause a au U s 9 e he lie was such a tiny dog doga tL n a and n d every everything c Ing seemed so new to him still sUII He lIe had not been fry in the Ule world so se very very ely long w He lIe was not really old at all nil No No v he was still what everyone c called a II 11 e d They Both Be- Be n a p puppy a baby longed to a Girl dog lIe He would never grow to be he very big but buthe he he would be larger than be benow benow benow now was They had all nil said th that chat t. t In the house lived a n cat cat The cat was a very big cat and sh she was quite an un old cat too As soon as ns the little do dog clog had been brought to the lie hot house e the cat had taken tak take taken en a great Interest In him It Is not often that cats and dogs does are friendly but of course now and ani again they are particularly if they have been brought up to together ether They both belonged to a little girl named Elisabeth whom they loved d dearly arly The Time cat loved lo her more than thedo the do dog did the cat thought as as she had been with Elisabeth longer and knew her better a and so loved lo her more But the do dog was very devoted to Elisabeth too The Time Hogs dogs name was Soft as ns he ho was such a little soft c cunning dog and the cats cat's name was Nurse She had been railed called Mrs Cat for fora a long time but after Soft had been brought to the house her name was changed to Nurse That was because she looked after Soft and took charge of him and saw that lint he lie did not get Into mischief Soft was very fond of getting Into mischief There Thele was nothing he liked better hotter titan than a pair of new bedroom slippers or the end of a rug Such things s were delightful piny- piny things But Nurse used to follow him about and anel give him a n little slap with slap with her paw when he began benn to do things she knew he shouldn't do Sometimes when Soft had been missing for some time Nurse urse knew he must be up to something as then the saying n was particularly since he hurl hat been quiet She would go so soo o off l hunting for hilL hire then Once In a while Nurse felt jealous when the they petted Soft too much It It was not because she didn't want Soft to be he petted but she didn't want to be ue forgotten And when Soft was being petted by everyone and no one petted her she would raise up her Back Gack and stand in front of the people who had been petting Soft und mind the expression of herback her ber herback back uncle to seemed sn say very ery clearly Why this Is Isor or very strange I Im I'm a apet apet apet pet too Cant Can't I be ue petted also l J Just t because Im I'm grown gro up you ou mustn't think I 1 do not want lion ion And then Nurse would be petted of course ant and the they would say Why Nurse we didn't mean menn to ton l for forget oret n et you ou 1 We e elove elove e love you you x r Nurse w o 0 u 1 I d dreel feel reel better then and she would Mss f I purr and she would not raise her back any anymore more um-c. Yes no two mobs mals could have hu been more friend friend- Nothing He Liked ly IJ than Soft and und Better Nurse Life was vcr very ery pleasant for them Elisabeth loved loyed them and they 10 loved lovec tJ her Her lieI friends wore were so nice to them too The food was us g good od and the house Yes was comfortable timid mid the petting was something neither the they nor nor their mistress mistress mis mis- tress nor her bier friends tired of or giving the them which n wa was vas ic hest of all nil |