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she was soon on the bed, purring and rolling 
over, as if she hardly knew how to express 
her joy. Finally, by dint of some pushing 
and a few energetic pats on the head, Annie 
succeeded in making her lie down on the 
outside of the bed at a respectful distance, 
and there she was purring very contentedly 
when they went to sleep; but, when they 
waked in the morning, Kitty was curled 
down in the bed between Annie and Daisy, 
with her head nestled under Daisy’s chin 
and one white paw stretched out and rest¬ 
ing upon the little girl’s round red cheek. 
Of course Kitty’s adventure was the sub¬ 
ject of conversation at breakfast; and much 
wonderment was expressed by the children 
how she found her way to the nursery- 
window. 
“ She must have got through one of the 
little windows into the stable,” said Dick, 
“ then into the cow-house, and out through 
the hole that was cut for the hens, and so 
up to the house, and up on the roof by the 
wood-pile. I cannot imagine how she knew 
where to go, or how to find her way by such 
a roundabout passage.” 
“ Cats are famous for that,” remarked 
