. Bits of talk, in verse and prose, for young folks . half a minute; andmamma said that if the cats were to bekept in ruffs through the entire evening,she thought it would be more work than 26 BITS OF TALK. play; but we could all carry half-a-dozenextra ones in our pockets, and put them onoccasionally, if Miss Esther and Miss Janothought best. I had six for Midge, — onered, one green, one blue, and three thought it would be funnier to have avariety of colors. By quarter before six oclock, on Christ-mas Eve, a droll procession was to be seenwalking towards the yellow cottage. Eachboy a
. Bits of talk, in verse and prose, for young folks . half a minute; andmamma said that if the cats were to bekept in ruffs through the entire evening,she thought it would be more work than 26 BITS OF TALK. play; but we could all carry half-a-dozenextra ones in our pockets, and put them onoccasionally, if Miss Esther and Miss Janothought best. I had six for Midge, — onered, one green, one blue, and three thought it would be funnier to have avariety of colors. By quarter before six oclock, on Christ-mas Eve, a droll procession was to be seenwalking towards the yellow cottage. Eachboy and girl carried a cat hugged uptightly, and as it was pitchy dark, thecats eyes shone out like little balls of firemoving about in the air. We had a dread-ful time taking off our things in the hall,for the cats all began to mew, they wereso frightened. We all wore our everydaygowns, because our mammas said that thecats would probably fight, and spill things;but Miss Esther and Miss Jane were dressedin their best stiff black silks, and had on mj^M. 9 ^ z o < Pi Q < A CHRISTMAS-TEEE FOB CATS. 2J their biggest gold chains, and we felt quiteashamed till we forgot about our clothes. Idid not go till six oclock, for I did notwant to have Midge the first cat in the room,she was such an ugly little thing; but assoon as I went into the parlor, I laughed so,that I dropped her right on the floor, and<5he put her paw through her blue rufi, andtore it off, before Miss Esther had seen il^ There sat Tom. and Spunk, and Spitfire,and Yellow, all in a row, in their high-chairs,with enormous paper rufis on, so big thatours looked like nothing at all by the sideof them. Tom had a white one; Spitfirehad a deep blue, which was beautiful withher gray fur; Spunk had a shining blackone; and Yellows was fiery red. Therethey sat as solemn as judges, and everybodyin the room was screaming with cats beside Midge had already arrived,and they had all hid under the chairs and 28 BITS O
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