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"Come in, puss," said lit-tle May, "and you shall have a nice cup of
milk for your break-fast. And I will put a fresh rib-bon on your neck,
too." Puss walked in at once, for he was ve-ry hun-gry. For more than an
hour she had been watch-ing at a mouse-hole, but the mouse would not
come out and be caught. So at last she had grown tired of wait-ing.