Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912 · London : New York : Longmans, Green, And Co. · leaf 21
t went off ITery well. answerer!the Cat. What wa& the childs name ? r ?,sked the Mouse. Top OffyVa^d uhe Cat drily. Topoff! echoed the Mouse, it is^ndeed a wonderful andcurious name. Is it in your family ? • , , What, if, il^ere odd about it ? said the,Cat. It is not worse than Bv^dthief, as… … to stand godmother, and as thischild has a white ring roundits neck, I cannot refuse. The kind Mouse agreed, butthe Cat slunk under the townwall to the church, and ate up half of the pot of fat. Nothing tastes better, said she, than whatone eats by oneself, and she was very much pleased with her…
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