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Suddenly my father gave a cry of alarm. 



" Wait a moment ; something is the matter," said 

 my mother, rising to join him. 



I was left there alone in the long grass. 



Both my parents began shrieking. Their cries 

 were of terror and anger. They shot past above me 

 like arrows, seeming to aim themselves at a place 

 in the grasses near by. And now I heard some- 

 thing stirring and a soft breathing just back of me. 



I glanced fearfully around. There, glaring at me 

 through the grasses, were two great yellow eyes 

 set in a furry head, and back of this head a great 

 dark body. 



I did not know what it was, but still I felt so ter- 

 rified that my heart seemed to stop beating. Then 

 with a bound the creature was upon me. I felt its 

 teeth. It lifted me and carried me in its mouth. 

 It was a cat. 



My parents circled above us with pitiful cries, 

 but they could not help me. 



I do not remember anything clearly for a while 

 after that. It is all dim as in a dream. 



When I looked about me again I found I was 

 lying on some soft sand. Above nie and on each 

 side were iron wires. I was in a cage. 



