It was quite plain that something had displeased Mrs. Green—something in which Miss Kitty Cat had had a part. And old dog Spot thought he knew what that something was.
"Ha!" he barked at Miss Kitty. "So Mrs. Green found you out!" And he ran at Miss Kitty and chased her into a tree. She sat herself down upon a limb and glared at him.
"Wow!" he yelped. "You must have sampled that leg of mutton when you thought Mrs. Green's back was turned. And she must have caught you in the act."
Though that was exactly what had happened, Miss Kitty Cat wouldn't say a word. But she looked whole sentences at him.
Soon Farmer Green's wife came to the door again and called, "Come, Spot! Come, Spot!"
He hurried up to her and caught the piece of meat that she tossed to him.
It was mutton.
XIII
HUNTING
To please old dog Spot Johnnie Green had only to ask him this question, "Want to go hunting, Spot?"