McGuffey's Second Reader Grades 1 and 2馃摉 Stories馃惥 Animals

Puss and Her Kittens

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Cat carrying kitten up stairs by the scruff of the neck.

PUSS AND HER KITTENS.

  • Puss, with her three kittens, had lived in the coal cellar; but one day she thought she would carry them to the attic.
  • The servant thought that was not the proper place for them; so she carried them back to the cellar.
  • Puss was certain that she wanted them in the attic; so she carried them there again and again, five, six, seven, 鈥攜es, a dozen times; for each time the servant took them back to the cellar.
  • Poor puss was nearly tired out, and could carry them no longer.
  • Suddenly she went away. Where do you think she went?
  • She was gone a long time. When she returned, she had a strange cat with her that we had never seen before.
  • She seemed to tell him all about her great trouble, and he listened to her story.
  • Then the strange cat took the little kittens, one by one, and carried them to the attic. After this he went away, and we have never seen him since.
  • The servant then left the kittens in the attic, for she saw how anxious puss was to have them stay there.
  • Was not the strange cat kind to puss? This lesson should teach children to be ever ready to help one another.