“What story?” cried King Grimalkum in a stern voice.
“The story of the renowned Tabby Furpurr,” answered the lovely Pussyanita. “Tabby Furpurr who found out a way of not liking birds, and had her picture taken and set in a frame.”
“I wish to hear the story,” cried the King. “Tell it.”
“With pleasure, your majesty,” replied the lovely Pussyanita, “but to do so will take a longer time than I have to live.”
“Time shall be granted you,” answered the king. “Tell all you ever heard of Tweedledum and Tweedledee, and of the renowned Tabby Furpurr.”
The lovely Pussyanita bowed and began to tell all she had ever heard of Tweedledum and Tweedledee and of the renowned Tabby Furpurr.
Tweedledum and Tweedledee.
“In the days when Mouseroun al Ratchid was King of all the Cats, it was his custom to disguise himself in mealbag powder and walk about the country to see what he could see, and see it without being known.