136 Pussy Meow 
they took her in and fed her as long as she stayed, 
because they wanted to do by her as they hoped 
some one was doing by me. I hope the kind 
Providence helped her to find her home again. 
As soon as Guy was strong enough, the nurse 
taught him how to knit, and he was trying to make 
a pair of slippers to surprise his mother on her 
birthday. Oh ! the fun I used to have playing with 
that ball of yarn. Often when it was wound around 
me, Guy would have to straighten it our before he 
could go on with his knitting. But once it came 
near costing me my life. The nurse was out on an 
errand at the time and Guy had dozed off to sleep, 
so I concluded to go down-stairs and get a little 
fresh air. But when I had gone half-way down 
the stairs something began pulling me back. 
Harder and harder I jerked, and harder and 
harder it pulled, till it finally broke and I got 
away. The yarn was wound around my neck so 
many times, it seemed like a rope, and I was 
gasping for breath at the foot of the stairs, when 
the nurse came in. She quickly cut it with the 
scissors, or I fear I should never have lived 
to tell the story of my happy home-corn- 
