Читать книгу Book of Cats and Dogs, and Other Friends, for Little Folks - James Johonnot - Страница 4
ОглавлениеWHAT THE CAT DOES.
1. Come, Jessie! put your kitty up in the cradle, and take a good look at her. She looks very pleasant. Can you tell us anything about her?
2. Yes! the other day I saw her come out of the barn with a mouse in her mouth.
3. She would lay the mouse down and let it run a little way, and then would pounce upon it and catch it again.
4. By-and-by she got tired of playing with it, and then she bit off its head and ate it up.
5. One day I saw her creep slyly along the ground and spring upon a little bird; but it flew away out of her reach. In a little while I heard it sing up in a tree.
6. I was glad that she did not catch the bird, but she looked sorry. When she catches birds, I think she is a naughty pussy; but perhaps she does not know any better.
7. I like to hear her purr, and have her rub against my hand, for then she is good and ready to play. It is great fun to see her run round after her tail.
8. But sometimes she growls and looks cross, and then I am afraid to touch her for fear she will scratch me.
9. When she is hungry she comes and mews until she gets something to eat. Some cats will jump upon the table and steal meat, but my kitty knows better.
10. She does not like dogs. One day a strange dog came into the yard and barked at her.
11. Then her back came up, her fur stood out straight, and she growled and spit at him.
12. When he tried to bite her, she gave him a scratch on both sides of his nose, and ran up a tree out of his reach.
