"Well, candy then," said Jack.
"Haven't got any candy," said the cook.
"Well, sugar, or sweetmeats, or something; I'm just as hungry as a little bear," said Jack.
"Haven't got 'em, Master Jack," said the cook; "but I tell you what! here is a penny; go to the baker that lives on top of the hill, and buy a loaf of bread for yourself."
"Oh, yes! so I will!" shouted Jack, jumping over a chair and upsetting the knife-board, and all the knives which the cook had just been cleaning; and this provoked her so, that she caught up the broomstick, and ran after him, and fell over the wash-tub herself; so Jack got off safe. Aren't you glad?
Then he called Carlo, the dog, and said—"Look here, Carlo; do you want to go to the baker's with me to buy a loaf of bread?"
"Bow, wow, wow," said Carlo; which meant, "Of course I do. Hurrah!"
Then he called Minnie, the cat, and said—"Look here, Minnie, do you want to go to the baker's with us to buy a loaf of bread?"
Minnie opened her eyes, stiffened her tail, and made her back as round as a hoop, and said, miau! miau! miau! which was cat-talk for "Of course I do. Hurrah!"