II 
BUDGE AND TODDY 
The next morning I was still in the basket when 
I heard some one say : “ Do look, here is a new 
kitten, a tiger ! it must be the one I took in last 
night, thinking it was mine.” The voice was the 
same that I had heard at the door the evening 
before. 
For a moment I feared that I should lose my 
nice new home; but when I saw the lady’s round, 
good-natured face, I knew that she could not find 
it in her heart to turn away a helpless little creature 
like me, even if she had taken me in by mistake. 
After petting the other kittens a while, the lady 
took me up and looked into my eyes, and said I 
had a good face. Then a big boy came out and 
she put me into his arms. I trembled when he 
took me, for I had learned to be afraid of boys. 
But this boy handled me very gently, and after 
looking me all over carefully and pressing me 
fondly to his cheek, he said,“ Why, mamma, this is a 
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