The Hattiesburg news., 1915-10-04
BEDTIME STORIES
FOR LITTLE.
FOLKS
TAHsY AND NED.

Tabby and Ned lived. in the same
house. Ned was dog and Tabby, of
course, you know, must have been a
cat. KY 'i''H t'''i
Yes, Tabby was a. cat, and she
Thought very much wronged cat
too, because Ned, it seemed to Tabby,
had all the nice things to eat and the
best place to sleep. and she had only
milk. Tabby was fond Of milk, but
she sometimes looked longingly at
Ned's plate of meat and would creep
close to the plate when Ned was busy
eating, hoping that he would be good
! enough to invite her to eat a bit or
that she might be able to snatch a
lpiece before he could interfere.
But with all her slyness Tabby sell
dom got a, tiny bit of Ned's dinner or
supper or breakfast, and SO she de-
cided to take matters into her own
hands or paws, perhaps we had better
say. There was broken window
back of the. sink in the kitchen and
here Tabby could get in without be-
| ing seen by Ned when he was dozing
| by the stove, and one day, when cook
had his dinner all ready, she put the
Iplate right by the window until it
would be time for Ned to dine. Now.
Tabby was passing through the kitch-
en-. and she shifted and shifted until
she. was quite sure it, was Ned's din
lner cook was cutting into little bits.
Then she ran out and sat down by
|tle door. HF
Tabby smiled very broad smile
and slid out. Il guess that greedy
Ned will not have such a dinner as he
thinks he will,v she said.
To get upon a barrel and then to
the window sill was short work for
Tabby, and there was the plate of
meat. just as she had expected.
Tabby began to eat. and in less time
than it takes to tell this, all the meat
was gone from the plate, and it looked
quite shining and clean.
"Now I must make the cook think
1t was Ned who ate it." thought Tab
| by, so she jumped down to the barrel
and then to the ground and came in
the door.
Meow. meow" said Tabby, poking
Ned with her nose.
"Where is it?" asked Ned, jumping
tup, for he understood what she said
quite we'll.
"Me-ow, meow" said Tabby.
Ned ran to the sink and stood on
his hind legs. He could not reach,
but he jumped and winked in his at
tempt to get to the plate of meat
which Tabby had told him she saw
cook preparing, and while this was
going on in came cook.
"Oh, you greedy fellow" she said,
when she saw the empty plate. "How
did you ever get up there? l thought
it was out of your reach. =
T And then she boxed poor Ned and
told him to stop his noise, that he
would get nothing more to eat until
supper time.
Tabby. ran out when cook came In
and did not appear again until it was
time for her dinner, and when, the
saucer of milk was put down on the
floor for her she was so full of Ned's
dinner she did not want. it.
"Come over here and have some oi
,rmy dinner" said Tabby to Ned; "you
look hungry"
/ Il don't see what cook means by
not giving me my dinner" said pooi
Med; "and she called me greedy and
boxed my ears just because wanted
something to eat. Are you sure you
saw her fixing meat for me?"
perhaps it wasn't meat after all.
said Tabby, ''but l thought it was
Didn't you find it?'
| 81 didn't get chance. Cook came
| in and drove me away. You are rea
generous, Tabby, to let me share youl
dinner. Don't you want any your
self?" M
| "No, am not really hungry.
caught a mouse little while ago.
said naughty Tabby.
| Ned drank the milk and thanked
her. 81 will give you bit of mea
after this" he said. 81 did not thinl
lyou were SO generous, and the mex
time have full plate will give
you a Bit"
| Tabby curled herself up and wen
to sleep, but Ned was still hungry, ant
he kept his eyes on Cook, hoping shs