. The pink fairy book. ^ to kiss her cheek. She shriekedand threw herself backwards, and Gon, who had beencurled up on a stool at her feet, understood her terror,and with one bound seized the snake by his neck. Pie. f\ ^he Frigce^^ u?eep5 for^/Tn] /f^ THE CATS ELOPEMENT 5 gave him one bite and one shake, and flung- him on theground, where he lay, never to worry the princess anymore. Then she took Gon in her arms, and praised andcaressed him, and saw that he had the nicest bits to eat,and the softest mats to lie on; and he would have hadnothing in the world to wish for if only he could h
. The pink fairy book. ^ to kiss her cheek. She shriekedand threw herself backwards, and Gon, who had beencurled up on a stool at her feet, understood her terror,and with one bound seized the snake by his neck. Pie. f\ ^he Frigce^^ u?eep5 for^/Tn] /f^ THE CATS ELOPEMENT 5 gave him one bite and one shake, and flung- him on theground, where he lay, never to worry the princess anymore. Then she took Gon in her arms, and praised andcaressed him, and saw that he had the nicest bits to eat,and the softest mats to lie on; and he would have hadnothing in the world to wish for if only he could haveseen Koma again. Time passed on, and one morning Gon lay before thehouse door, basking in the sun. He looked lazily at theworld stretched out before him, and saw in the distancea big ruffian of a cat teasing and ill-treating quite a littleone. He jumped up, full of rage, and chased away thebig cat, and then he turned to comfort the little one,when his heart nearly burst with joy to find that it wasKoma. At first Koma did not know him again, he hadgrown so large and stately; but when it dawned uponher who it was, her happiness knew no bounds. Andthey rubbed their heads and their noses again and again,while
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