"Good!" Miss Kitty cried, as she watched him while he started up the lane.
"I'm glad he's out of the way. It would be awkward if I had to fight him while I'm doing what I'm going to do."
XXIV
FIVE IN A BASKET
"Well, if you're not bothering me again!" Farmer Green's wife exclaimed.
Miss Kitty Cat had come up behind her and brushed against her, asking at the same time with her most polite mew if Mrs. Green wouldn't please turn around.
Mrs. Green looked over her shoulder.
"I declare!" she cried. "So that's what you've been fussing about, is it?"