“Oh yes, he had reasons for knowing where Mistress Tabby Furpurr lived, and he would tell, and he did tell and with a kind good day, Mouseroun and Phi passed on their way.
“‘I observed,’ said Mouseroun to Phi, as they passed on their way, ‘that the rat in the trap showed no fear of us. How was that?’
“‘It must have been,’ said Phi, ‘that he knew we could not get at him.’
“‘True,’ said Mouseroun. ‘Thou art truly a Cat of Wisdom.’”
We Went Back.
Not very long after this, Mouseroun and Phi reached the abode of the renowned Tabby Furpurr and heard the story of her life.
Story of Mistress Tabby Furpurr.