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to leave him without his regular supply of food and 
water. 
I will now tell you about Bunny, a little Manx 
cat that came to our house every evening at sup- 
per-time. She did not offer to stay only just long 
enough to get something to eat. Guy named her 
“ Bunny ” because she has only a little stump of a 
tail, and when running she would raise her back 
just like a rabbit. I think Bunny must have come 
from the same country that Jack did, for she was 
the same kind of a cat, only she was gray, just like 
Budge. In fact she resembled Budge so much that 
we were all horrified the first time we saw her. 
We thought it was Budge himself, and that some 
one had cut off his tail. 
But while Toddy and I were busy smelling of the 
stranger, and mistress was bewailing the sad fate 
of her pet, in walked Budge, tail and all, carrying in 
his mouth a dead sparrow, which he laid at mis- 
tress’ feet with a great deal of pride. Then Toddy 
and I left off examining Bunny and turned our at- 
tention to the bird. 
Mistress often used to say she wondered where 
Bunny got the rest of her meals, and where she 
kept herself; so one evening after Bunny had eaten 
