SPINNETTE, THE FAIRY. 
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After waiting until all were asleep, Henry 
silently crept out of bed, and dressing himself, 
stole down-stairs and began to search for the 
cat; in a few moments he found her, and 
going to the cage, he opened it and thrust her 
head in. 
Spinnette gave the cat a sharp peck on 
the nose, which caused her suddenly to with- 
draw it ; Henry, holding her firmly, put her 
head in again, when Spinnette gave it another 
peck sharper than the other. The cat began 
struggling violently, and Henry, beginning to 
be angry, pulled her ears ; she began scratch- 
ing and biting him at that, and soon his hands 
and arms were covered with blood. 
Spinnette, during the struggle, quietly 
slipped out of the cage, and passed out of 
doors, where she took the form of a gray wolf. 
After several ineffectual attempts to put the 
cat’s head again into the cage, Henry let her 
go, and sat down to think of some other plan 
by which the bird could be killed, and no 
blame fall upon him. 
In a moment he thought that he could 
