Pierre weekly free press. (Pierre, S.D.) 1889-19??, 1916-09-14
SLEEPY Time TALES.
Tho Funny Cat.


Once upon a time as Jennie was
looking out Of the window, h saw a
little black and white cat that be-
ionged to one of the ~neighbors try
ing to get out OF the yard next door.
The fence had a big gate with a latch
On it and. although the cat could move
the gate. he couldn't unlatch it.
First he tried to jump over it and
then to open it, and when he found he
couldn't do either, he began to dig out
the dirt under the gate so as to make
q hole large enough to crawl through,
meowing all of the time. In a few
minutes his mistress came out and
lifted him up and out in the yard and
the cat trotted along beside her as
much as to say. Thank you for let
ting me out"
The very neXt day Jennie heard a
great noise and she ran to he window
to see what it was. There was the
same little cat hut in the yard again
and this time he was not trying to get
himself out, but was and
looking toward the house for his mis-
tress to come and lift him out again.
He would meow then stop, look to-
ward the house, and listen to see il
some n We're coming.
He did this until at last his mis-
tresS came and lifted him over and off
they went together. Jennie thought
this very funny and went to tell her
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meowing and she went to see what
cat it was this time. There inside the
yard was the same cat again, meowing
and looking oward the house for his
mistress. Jennie ran to her mother
and asked her to come and see the
cat.
First the cat meowed and then
waited and looked toward the house
and. as no one came, he began to meow
as loud as he could again and in a
minute his mistress came, lifted him
out over the gate and into the street,
but instead OF leaving the cat where
he could run into the yard again, his
mistress tied him up in the house and
there he had to stay all the rest Of
the day.
So now the cat never runs into tho
yard unless he sees that the gate is
open so he can run out without any
one lifting him over into his own yard.
Jennie says that she thinks he is a wise
cat to know when to stop fooling his
mistress.
How Buggy Ran Away.
once upon a time buggy Beetle ran
out of his home and down the road to
see what he could see. Now buggy
Beetle was always getting into mis-
chief and causing his parents a great
deal OF worry. Once he ran away ana
hurt his wing so badly that il it hadn't
been for Mrs. G%rasshopper it would
nave been a very serious matter. but
she found him and helped fix the wing
SO that in a few days he was out and
ready for more mischief.
Now buggy Beetle didn't mean to
worry his mother. pul like a great
many little boys and girls, he forgot
and was often in trouble. This day he
ran down the smooth sandy road look
ing from side to side to see if he could
find n OF his friends. He stopped to
talk to some ants. but they were so
busy they couldn't stop to talk and
buggy Beetle didn't want to work, so
he ran on again.
Buggy was growing very pretty. His
wings were a bright blue and his back
nice and shiny and as he walked along,
he often spread his wings in the warm
sun. AT last he grew tired and crept
on to a leaf and went oun asleep.
The next thing he knew he felt a tug.
the leaf was snapped from the bush
this pretty bug. 1 am going to take
1t home with me" He felt the leaf
rolled up and he was put inside a dark,
hot. stuffy place.
He tried to wiggle out of the leaf
and at last managed to crawl out, but
that didn't help for he couldn't get
out Ihen someone reached Town and
pulled out the leaf. but as the beetle
wasn't there. the HAND came down
again and this time it found the bug
una Drought II TO llgnt where it was
placed in a small cage with wire all
around SO it couldn't get out. although
Buggy tried with all his might to.
crawl through.
There it stayed for days and days
and. although it was fed and taken
care OF, it grew thin and at last didn't
have strength to crawl across the bot
tom of it's new home. One day Buggy
managed to crawl out and into the
cool grass where it stayed until it
a strength enough to get back home.
When Buggy's mother saw him com
ing she ran out to meet him. She
didn't say a word for she thought he
had been punished enough. She helped
him home and gave him something
nice to eat and put him to bed to get
O long rest. Just as Buggy was go
ing to sleep he said: Mother. I'll
never run away again." and he never
did.