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Molesworth Mrs.. Five Minutes' Stories

ABDALLAH THE UNHAPPY

FIFINE AND HER CAT

THE LONG LADDER

A FOUR-FOOTED GENTLEMAN

THE BAD FAIRY

THE GOBLIN FACE

THE LOST BROOCH

ONLY A BUNCH OF VIOLETS

A CANARY TRAGEDY

COO-COO'S SECOND HUSBAND

HARRY'S REWARD

BROTHERS AND MUSHROOMS

A REMARKABLE WATCH

THE BLACKBERRY ELF. By. MRS MOLESWORTH

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FIFINE was walking quietly up and down the garden path, her big cat, Mimi, in her arms. From time to time she talked to Mimi, asking her questions or telling her the thoughts passing through her mind, and when Mimi purred, Fifine was quite satisfied that the cat was agreeing with her. When she did not purr, and gave no signs of attending, Fifine would give her a little shake, or even a pinch, which naturally made Mimi squeak, and was supposed to mean she was not this time of the same opinion as Fifine. This had happened more than usual this morning, for Fifine was in a rather irritable humour. She was not feeling pleased with herself, and nothing makes little girls, and big people, too, more uncomfortable than this.

Suddenly, from a little distance came a well-known voice.

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"And suppose it was not Mimi who told me?" said the good old man as he carried the little girl home again.

"I was naughty, but I didn't mean to leave Mimi all day. You said it was a little bird, sir, but I know that is only baby-talk."

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