St Nicholas [serial] . -man, when something occurred to convince themthat something ?iiust be done. Kittyman Tannyman had grown so very small,she could now hide herself in the most unheard-ofplaces, and when she was called she would oftendecline to answer, and make her poor, tired papaand mamma have a grand hunt for her. Onenight, when an elegant supper had been prepared,and her mamma had dressed herself in her pret-tiest dress, and was watching from the window forKittymans papa,—it being a birthday, or some-thing of the sort,—Kittyman Tannyman got downfrom the swing which her brother had made
St Nicholas [serial] . -man, when something occurred to convince themthat something ?iiust be done. Kittyman Tannyman had grown so very small,she could now hide herself in the most unheard-ofplaces, and when she was called she would oftendecline to answer, and make her poor, tired papaand mamma have a grand hunt for her. Onenight, when an elegant supper had been prepared,and her mamma had dressed herself in her pret-tiest dress, and was watching from the window forKittymans papa,—it being a birthday, or some-thing of the sort,—Kittyman Tannyman got downfrom the swing which her brother had made forher under the rose-geranium, and, running softlyover the carpet,, crawled into one of her papas slip-pers that were warming by the fire, and squeezedand crowded herself into the toe of it completelyout of sight. Then she put her wee hand over herwee mouth, and laughed a little laugh that nobodycould hear—thinking what a task they would haveto find her this time. 776 THE LITTLE GIRL WHO GREW SMALLER. [October,. KITTYMAN HAS BEGUN TO GROW SMALLER. Presently in came her papa, and he and hermamma both stood before the door talking a vastamount of nonsense, it seemed to Kittyman Tan-nyman. Then her mamma said : Mercy—thedinner ! Now where is that mouse ? Dear me, said her papa, in a discouragedvoice, is she hiding again? And then hewent into the dressing-room, and KittymanTannyman never dreamed that he was takingoff his damp boots. He came back in a mo-ment, put his foot into one slipper, and stampedit on—for he was very hungry, and knew thatthe baked whitefish was cooling. He put his foot in the other slipper, and st But, before he had quite stamped it on, there camea funny, frightened little squeak from the slip-per. If her papa had been her mamma, hewould have screamed, and perhaps kicked theslipper into the fire; but, being a man, he onlysnatched off the slipper and looked into it. There was poor Kittyman Tannyman awaydown in the toe, gasping for breath. Was this t
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