. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 176 THE CAT AND THE CAN. was when she saw Mops with the can. "You homd cat!" she cried, snatching up the broom. " You greedy, thieving, sly — Scat! " but Mops did not wait for the broom. Out of the window she leaped for her life j and the cook threw the broom, and the tongs, and finally the can itself, after her. " I wouldn't demean myself by eating after a cat! " said the cook. So there the can lay, in the back yard, until Tommy came by, and kicked it about by way
. Four feet, two feet, and no feet; or, Furry and feathery pets, and how they live. Animal behavior. 176 THE CAT AND THE CAN. was when she saw Mops with the can. "You homd cat!" she cried, snatching up the broom. " You greedy, thieving, sly — Scat! " but Mops did not wait for the broom. Out of the window she leaped for her life j and the cook threw the broom, and the tongs, and finally the can itself, after her. " I wouldn't demean myself by eating after a cat! " said the cook. So there the can lay, in the back yard, until Tommy came by, and kicked it about by way of a foot-ball, and finally left it out behind the barn. ]S"ow, Mops, though she dared not come near the house just then, kept an eye on the can iVom behind the hedge, ;nid when Tommy kicked it behind the bam she thought, " Xow is my chance to finish that salmon! I am very glad the cook was too proud to eat. after me! " She crept along behind the hedge, and round through the orchard to the barn. There was the can, lying on its side. " Why shouldn't I put my head in, instead of my paw," said Mops, "and get it all at once'?" Suiting the action to the word, she thrust her head inside the can. Ah, that was all very well! But when she had eaten the last scrap offish, and tried to draw her head out again, it would not come out. She pulled and pulled; the sharp, jagged edges of tin only stuck into her neck, and held her tight. Half-mad with pain and fright, the cat sprang wildly about, striking the can against the ground, and making frantic eflforts to escape; but all in Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Richards, Laura Elizabeth Howe, 1850-1943. Boston, Estes and Lauriat
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