On a magic night,
And Tom and Jerry
Are able very
To ride, ride, ride.
With one bound Grater and Jeremiah were on the backs of the horses, and in a twinkling the horses were out of their stalls and running toward the door. Quick as they were, Malay Kris was almost as swift. In a flash he hurled himself at Grater, grazed him, and stuck deep in the wall, where he quivered and grew still.
"Missed!" Malay Kris said bitterly.
Andy and Hortense, with open mouths, watched the horses and riders grow smaller and smaller against the moon, and finally disappear.
"Did you ever!" Hortense gasped at last.
Hortense and Andy crawled out from under their sacks and found the rest of their band. Highboy and Lowboy, hand in hand, were leaning against the wall, fast asleep, and had seen nothing at all. Hortense shook them vigorously to awaken them.
"You're a pretty pair," she said.