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they should have their share just the same as if 
they were sons, instead of daughters. After the 
story was finished mistress asked Guy, as she 
usually did, what that meant, and what he had 
learned from it. He studied for quite a while be- 
fore he answered her, then he said, “ Well, I guess 
that means women’s rights.” 
Another time they were reading about a very 
great king who sat on a throne, and a queen from 
another country who had heard about his wonder- 
ful wisdom came to ask him a very hard question 
to see whether what she had heard was true . 1 
“ What was the question she asked ? ” said Guy, 
after the reading was finished. 
“ I don’t know,” said mistress ; “ the Bible does 
not tell us what it was.” 
“ I think I know what it was,” said he. “ She 
asked him ‘ who made God ?’ ” 
After they have spent a half hour or so in this 
way, they lock up the house and go away ; but they 
always leave a nice lunch for us, and a dish of fresh 
water. 
I know of many poor cats that never get a drop 
of water at home. They have to go and hunt lor 
1 Vid. 1 Kings x. I. 
