Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 534
-o-u! So thechildren left their play and went to the stable with her, and found the hen play-ing mother to Mrs. Tomkinss kittens again and trying to make them keep stilland stay under her wings. If one of them poked its head out, she would give ita sharp peck to make it go back. The children… … MRS. TOMKINS GAVE A SHARP M-I-E-O-U, AS IF TO SAV, WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THAT ? The childrens mama was sitting in the library reading when the old cat camein, with a kitten in her mouth. She put it softly down, went out, and soon re-turned with another. She kept on doing this until she had moved all…
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