20 
Pussy Meow 
When I had run a long way, I went into a yard, 
but the people there didn’t like cats ; a boy was 
sent to chase me through the gate, and I continued 
my wearisome journey. How I did wish that 
somebody would take me up, or show me the way 
home ; but nobody seemed to care what became 
of me. Finally, being so very tired, I crawled 
in under a fence, and seeing no one around, 1 lay 
down in the corner and went to sleep. 
I do not know how long I lay there. When I 
awoke the moon was shining, and I continued my 
journey down the sidewalk, hoping to find my yard. 
But when after a long walk I didn’t find it, not 
knowing what else to do, I sat down by a tree and 
began to cry. 
To make me still more wretched and unhappy, 
two boys came along, and one of them started to pelt 
me with stones. He was the same boy that had 
chased me out of his yard that very morning. I 
suppose he would have killed me had not a kind 
lady come along just at that moment. I was trying 
to hide behind the tree so the stones would not hit 
me, but as soon as the lady saw me, she called one 
of the boys by name. “ Teddy, dear,” said she, 
“ I am surprised to see that you will allow such a 
