_Boy._ See our cat! she can see a rat. Can she get it and eat it up?
_Mother._ Yes, she can: but she was bit by an old rat one day.
_Boy._ Ah! my _Kit_! why did you try to get the old rat! One day the
dog bit our cat; he bit her jaw. Did the cat get on my bed?
_Mother._ Yes; but she is off now.
_Boy._ Why did she get on the bed?
_Mother._ To lie on it, and purr.
_Boy._ Now, Puss, you are up. Why do you say _Mew_? Why do you say purr?
You may lie by me, _Cat_. See her joy as I pat her ear.
Why do you get off the bed? Why do you beg to be let out?
_Mother._ So she may go to her kit.
_Boy._ Has she a kit? Why do you go to the kit? Is she to go?
_Mother._ Yes; let her go.