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Presently we saw a horse and buggy. A man 

 was driving, and two children were on the seat 

 beside him, a boy and a girl. 



When they were almost up to us, the boy cried, 

 " Look at that rabbit." 



" Where ? " asked the little girl. 



" Over there by the fence. Can't you see it ?" 



The boy was pointing at Whitey. 



" I see it," said the man checking his horse. 

 " But it isn't a rabbit. I believe it's a kitten. Why, 

 there are two of them. Don't you see that gray 

 one beside the clump of grass ? " 



" Kittens ! " cried the little girl. " Oh, papa, do 

 you suppose they're wild kittens ? Couldn't you 

 • catch them ? " 



" They couldn't be wild kittens," said her father. 

 " I suppose some one must have dropped them 

 here. There's no house within a mile or so." 



" Oh, they're so cunning," cried the child. 

 " Mayn't I have them? Please, papa. Oh, please 

 get them for me." 



The little boy, too, begged his father to try to 

 catch us. 



The man gave the reins to the boy to hold, and 

 jumped from the buggy. 



