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FOR LITTLE
FOLKS
THE THREE RUNAWAYs-par,

. looking very sad: Mr.. Tom Cat came
: along with his head hanging down
/ very sad, too.
Hello, Tommie," said Mr.. Dog; "you
look as sad as feel. What is the mat.
ter7"
Matter enough, Mr. Dog" said Mr..
Tom Cat: Il have just been driven out
of the house with broom by cook,
who says | am of no use; that | am
too fat and too well fed to catch the
mice
Mr.. Dog, I have caught all the mice
in that house for years and just be-
cause | slept one night-that was last
nisht--that cook forgets all about all
the good work | have done in the past
and pits me out, and with a broom,
too. Oh. it is too terrible, and | have
not had and breakfast either"
"Tommie, dear fellow" said Mr.. Dog,
you certainly have hard time of it,
but lei me tell you what has happened
to me after all my years of service to
1.-THE master. Last night fox got INTO
the hen house and just because ! did
| not keep awake all night and catch
him the master took me to the hen
house and put my nose right down to
the floor where that Fox had walked
and then he boxed my ears before all
the hens and chickens and said was
getting old and good-for-nothing and
| have not had bite to eat this morn
ing. | wonder what this place is com
ing to when such good fellows as We
are get such treatment That is what
would like to know, Thomas Cat"
Mi. Tom Cat licked his mouth and
stretched himsels before he entered,
Il think, Mr.. Dog, we better give the
master and cook chance to think
over what they have done to us and
perhaps they may remember all the I
good things we have done all these |
years and think that one little mistake |
was not so bad after all. am for run I
ming away, / am; what do you say F"
Nov, | never thought of that, Thorn
as said Mr.. Deg, standing up and |
looking very serious. Il believe that
is good plan, Thomas, | do indeed,
but where shall we rum"
"Oh, we can walk; you know We
don't have to run at all, only they call
it running away if you go off where
people can't find you.' said Mr.. Tom
Cat. Il know pee we can co. come
with me"
I'm go with you" said Mr.. Dog;
lead the way, rhomas.'
inst as they We're passing the barn
yard they saw MIR Rooster scrooched
under the fence
Hello. Mr. Rooster" said NJ. Dog; |
what has happened to you that you
ook so unhappy this morning."
why wouldn't | look unhappy" re- II
Dlied Mr. Rooster; here | have been
IN this farm and looking after all those |
silly hens these long years, and this
morning the master said he wished |
he fox had got me last night instead |
If the hen he carried Off / tell you il |
s hard luck, after all | have done f.. II
he master.
Come with u.s. said Mr.. Tom Cat.
We are running away: the cook Chas-
d me out this morning because | hap h
'ened to sleep all night and didn't
atch the mice, and Mr.. Dog was
lamed because the fox got into your
ouse last night We are not appfe-
lated around here, that is plain. Will |!
on come alOng?" III
Il had never thought of running II
way" said Mr.. Rooster, getting out II
rom under the fence and Tapping tho III
ust from his wings, but think | like II
he idea of running away. | will go II
long with you. Perhaps the master II
nd those foolish hens of mine will BE- II
i'm to think what fine fellow | am II
nd wish ! had not gone. Where arc II
OIL going " II
90. GA place know where no one II
i'll find u.s." said Mr. Tom Cat, running II
head HI
Mr.. Dog and Mr.. Rooster followed u
r.. Tom Cat. and soon they we're IN III
he woods where the bushes grew h.
lick and the trees shut out the sun. =
Here we are" said Mr.. Tom Cat; Is.
low no one will find us and we can p
st in ease r
Il have not had my breakfast said
T.. Rooster, scratching the ground
Neither have we," said Mr.. Tom Cat, !.
ut / have heard somewhere that you I
ould not think of your troubles and =
ey will not bother you. so suppose -
each tell a story to take up the =
ne and also take our minds off Of the Ii,
ought that we have not had our pr Sr
aakfast. You begin. Mr.. Dog, be- VII
use you are such good story teller an
d have had so many adventures" pa pa
Mr.. Dog looked very wise and or