The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1895-07-04
The Person Who Did Not Like
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dng- either. tut size ItXer said any
fhiug about that. heeaU-c ihe by Master
aud Sue tNo Lutte Masters aud four
Little Mi~f9 -sa. NJ s6l xenY fond ot
dpg~. mi ilk,G - faNc them lie round
under every hodk feet. aHd ct White
hairs all over every body clothes. and
fakc up the Whole heaIth-rug and run
away with the TOAST bt,i, aid bark To BIZ
let out. and then how 10 be lei in. aud
,hake themselves Nheu they were vel,
aud do all things hat dogs do. They
liked all these Thing, 80 the Person who
did not like cats beFer dared To sly 4
word.
But nobody cared very much about
cats--eXeept Wien they We're little
dowHY kittens, and they will not stay
kittens save Maggie. tie cook. So
The person felt free to speak her mind,
aud aid size would not have any cats in
the house. And after she lad said that
these things happened:
One day "a kitten belonging TO the
neighbours boy came into the kitchen
and refused TO 20 out again. The little
boy WIS sent for aud he came and took
the kitten home.
Next day it came again. And 30 it
went on for week. till everyone in the
house Vas tired out with carry ing that
kitten home and the kittens little boy
cried. aud thought it WAS too bad. II
was.
But the kitten was very happy: and
Maggie. the cook, said she couldn't let
the crathur starve.s 50 it stayed. And
pretty soon it wasn't kitten any more,
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one of which was given 10 the little boy.
Now the Person who did not like eats
said the kittens must be taken away in a
bag. but all the Little Masters and Mis-
tresses cried out and said;
son, mamma - PLEASE mamma
The dear, sweet little things" .'See their
little paws" "See their dear little
noses Hear them squeal - I'VE
must keep this one, mamma :" "Oh,
mamma :" "'Dear mamma - Feel
this ones little back :" and SO on, aud so
on.
So the Person said that they might
keep the one which they all thought the
prettiest and that the others must go away
in bag but, while they were deciding,
the kittens grew up and became cats.
SO then the bag was hot big enough to
hold them, and they ed,-paTtly for
that reason, aud partly because they
were all so ugly that 30 one could tell
which was the least ugly.
Now, one day the man at the livery |
stable where the Master kept his horse |
said that he wanted cat, because the |
rats were giving him a great deal of |
trouble in his hay loft. SO the Master
took the ugliest cat of all. which was
really ugly enough to brighten the
Gro VS.; and he put her in a basket, and
took her away to the stable, and every |
body was glad.
But three days after. as the Person |
was wedding the flower-bed, she heard
a loud squeal Of joy and felt something |
RUBBING against her back. She turned |
round; and there was the ugliest cat
purring, and squeaking, and seeming
just as glad to get back as if she were
perfectly beautiful and everybody loved |
her to distraction. She was sent to the |
stable again; but this time she came
back the very next day, because she had |
found out the way. SO she stayed.
But after that things went worse than
ever. The Person went out to walk. |
and cat followed her home, and would |
not go away, and would come in. Ard |
Maggie, the cook, said she couldn't |
see the crathur starye," so she fed it; |
and it stayed. And on Thanksgiving |
Day a miserable hungry kitten came to |
the door and begged to be let in. And |
nobody could refuse to give it Thanks |
giving, dinner so it came in; and it |
stayed.
And now the Person who does not |
like cats has nothing tut cats about her
all the time. They lie Oh the stairs sud |
trip her up in the dark If she takes up
IA clothes. basket, out rolls "A kitten. If |
she gets the little Sleigh TO take the
Littest Mistress to rice, out jumps a |
cat. Wherever she goes, whatever she |
does, she sees dirty white cat or |
rusty black cat or II faded yellow cat, or
Il dingy tabby car or IA hdeous tortoise |
shell beast. which is the ugliest cat of |
all. And the Person would like the
children 10 tell her what is TO be done
about it, If the children would like to |
knows the Persons name, it is Louya |
+, Richards, in Youths Companion.