The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it; . at, looking straight atpoor Teddy. Go way, said Teddy at last in a frightened littlevoice. But you called us, said the second rat ; perhaps youwanted more than two, and the small creature gavethree loud squeaks. In a twinkling, more rats began to spring from everydirection until the room fairly swarmed with them ; theyhung from the pictures and curtains, scampered over thefurniture and even peeped into the water pitcher; theyraced under the bed, and he felt sure they were sittingupon the headboard, but he dared not turn to look. Oh ! it was dre
The Angora cat; how to breed train and keep it; . at, looking straight atpoor Teddy. Go way, said Teddy at last in a frightened littlevoice. But you called us, said the second rat ; perhaps youwanted more than two, and the small creature gavethree loud squeaks. In a twinkling, more rats began to spring from everydirection until the room fairly swarmed with them ; theyhung from the pictures and curtains, scampered over thefurniture and even peeped into the water pitcher; theyraced under the bed, and he felt sure they were sittingupon the headboard, but he dared not turn to look. Oh ! it was dreadful the way they squeaked andjumped, their funny little tails frisking about and theireyes gleaming like tiny coals of fire in the dark. Teddys eyes popped out in terror, and his curls seemedcurls no longer, but as straight and bristly as Tabbysfur when Carlo chases her. He expected every momentthe ugly things would run over him, perhaps eat him had heard the big boys talk of such things. Ugh ! he said, and he pulled the bed clothes over. SILVER GREY AND WHITE. OWNED BY MR. FREEMAN I. DANIELS. FACTS AND FANCIES OF THE CAT. 67 his head. Just then he felt them running up the spread,and with a shriek of terror he sprang up and—awoke,to find his mamma holding a lamp above him, and saying, Whatever is the matter, Teddy ? Oh ! mamma, drive em out! drive em out! he said,still hiding his head. Drive what out, Teddy ? Theres nothing here. The wats, cant you see em ? Theres hundwardsand hundwards. Teddy, dear, youve been dreaming, said his mamma,as she cuddled the trembling little fellow in her arms, its that boiled ham, I ought not to have allowed youto eat it at night. See, there are no rats here. Teddy looked, and sure enough there wasnt a rat tobe seen. I know theres one in the pitcher, I saw himfall in, he said. Not one, dear, see? and she brought the waterpitcher to the bed, youve had a bad dream, that is all. Teddy said nothing, but then and there decided hewould never s
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