. Playroom stories, or, How to make peace . t places wherethere were very few people likely to be stirring. We had better keep away from the highroads lestwe should be recognized/ said So-Fat; and theymanaged so well that they walked on the wholemorning without seeing a single creature. But atlast, at a moment when they were so much engagedin talking together that they had forgotten to lookahead, suddenly they heard a tremendous sound ofbarking, and when, in a great fright, they turnedround, there they saw an enormous shepherd dogracing after them as if he would break his neck. Oh! cried So-Fa
. Playroom stories, or, How to make peace . t places wherethere were very few people likely to be stirring. We had better keep away from the highroads lestwe should be recognized/ said So-Fat; and theymanaged so well that they walked on the wholemorning without seeing a single creature. But atlast, at a moment when they were so much engagedin talking together that they had forgotten to lookahead, suddenly they heard a tremendous sound ofbarking, and when, in a great fright, they turnedround, there they saw an enormous shepherd dogracing after them as if he would break his neck. Oh! cried So-Fat. And— OH—H ! screamed Mew-Mew. And for an instant they didnt know what onearth to do. We must run up a tree! cried Mew-Mew. / cant run up a tree! shrieked So-Fat. Well, Im sure / cant help it, cried Mew-Mew;and away she scampered with all her might. Fortu-nately, there was a good large tree pretty close athand, so she flew up it, and in a few moments wasquite hidden amongst the branches. But there was no help at hand for poor SO-FAT AND MEW-MEW IN A FRIGHT. 132. ADVENTURES OF SO-FAT AND MEW-MEW. Up came the great dog, roaring out—Who aivyou?; and before little So-Fat could so much asanswer that question, he fell upon him, and in amoment had him rolling over and over on the o ground. Oh, Mew-Mew! cried poor So-Fat, piteously,calling upon the only friend he had. What do you mean by Mew-Mew/ you littlefool ? cried the big dog, seizing him by the nape ofthe neck, and giving him a shake as if he wouldshake his life out. (And Mew-Mew, up in the tree, you may be sure,sat as still as a mouse.) Oh, let me go, and Ill never—never—n-e-ver,cried So-Fat, with his voice getting fainter andfainter at each word, for the great dog had got himfairly round the throat now, and So-Fat had notbreath enough left to get out what it was that hewould never do. Its all over with me ! thoughtpoor So-Fat; and he shut his eyes, and gave himselfup for lost. But at this very moment a grea
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