Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-02-23
TTPPY AND FLUFF.

Tippv was a black kitten. Tho tip
end OF his nose was white, 80 his mother
named him Tippy. His sister was all
white and looked more like fluffy ball
of soft warn than she did kitten when
she was very small, so her mother named
her Fluff.
Now that you know these kittens. |
will tell you story about them and
| am sure You Will agree with inc that
they were very foolish kittens, indeed
to quarrel.
II Tippv was taking a nap III nice
sunny place, Fluff was sure to come
along and want that very place to nap
on, so she would give Tippy tap with
her paw and awake him.
Up would Jump Tippy and huplp his
back and n quarrel would begin. OF
course, their mother had to punish both
of them, 50 neither had the nice warm
place and they lost their nap rs well.
Sometimes Fluff would get TO the
saucer of milk first in the morning
and Tippy. being afraid she would
drink more than her share, would run
as fast as he could and land right in
the milk, upsetting the dish, and then
such a quarrel az they would have,
and lose their breakfast, AS well as got "A
box on their ears from their mother
But something happened one night
which broke these naughty kittens Of
quarreling SO much.
Their mother had to- 60 20 the barn
TO hunt and she left Fluff and Tippy
IN the kitchen by the stove Now,
mind vou catch mouse If one hap
pens to run about here, she said
Il have caught all but one. and he
was so small he wasn't worth much,
but YOU kittens sleep with one eve
open and if he happens TO venture out,
catch him
Eyes. mother" answered both kit
tens, and then they curled up by the
stove and went TO sleep.
BY and by Tippy opened both eyes,
for something ratified the papers on
the table Up jumped Fluff, TOO, for
her brother moving awakened her
What is it, she asked
Look on the table" said Tippy.
II think it is the mouse mother told
US about can see the papers move.
am going to catch il
'No, let me- said Fluff
Come back, il is my mouse. | saw
il first, said 1ippy, pushing his sister
out Of the way
Mother told me to catch it as much
!. smart tap with her paw, and then sue h
q quarrel YOU never heard. Tippy and
Fluff tumbled over and over on the floor,
while the little mouse under the papers
pecped out TO see what was going on.
"Oh, dear" he laughed, here are
two cats and they will not be able 10
get me because they are quarreling about
which shall catch me. What Joke" And
off he ran TO his hole in the wall IN the
pantry.
When their mother came in the next
morning Tippy and Fluff looked very
much ashamed, for they had no mouse
10 show and they could not tel a wrong
story when their mother asked about il
''Tippy said you told him 10 catch
it," said Fluff, ''and you didn't, did you?'
You have lost the mouse because YOU
duarreled, said her mother. and to
punish YOU, you shall not have your
breakfast until you work for it Go out to
the barn and hunt
Tippy and Fluff were go hungry that
when they saw a mouse they did not stop
TO quarrel over who should catch 1t; they
ran after it and caught 1T, too-that is
Fluff did and Tippy. knowing that moth
ing was to be gained by another quarrel
ran off and caught one for himself.
After that there was no more wrangling
when they saw mouse and soon they
were the very best mousers around, even
beating their mother, who was not so spry
rs she had been In her younger days.