My Reason for Writing this Story 33 
Now I have told you some of the things I would 
like to bring to the notice of ladies and children 
especially. Oh, if with this story I start all the 
world to think for awhile about cats — Maltese 
and tigers and black cats, that are so much ex- 
posed to suffering because within the reach of 
everybody, I shall feel that I have done some real 
good. And even if I do not write as good a story 
as did Black Beauty, or Beautiful Joe, you will at 
least know that I tried to do what I could to help 
my fellow-cats. And who knows but some cats, 
older and wiser than myself, may be encouraged by 
my effort to do more ? 
