It seemed a delightful plan.
"We might do it now and get some more cookies," said Andy, hopefully.
"Aunt Esmerelda would catch us and tell Uncle Jonah," said Hortense.
She meditated on the delightful possibilities of the box.
"We could play hide and seek, sometime when nobody's about," she said. "It's a grand place to hide."
"But we both know of it and there's nobody else to play with," said Andy.
This was very true unless Highboy and Lowboy and the Firedogs and Owl should be taken into the game. Hortense looked at Andy wondering whether to tell him of these friends of hers and of the Cat.
"If we played at night," said Hortense, "we could have lots of people. Highboy, and Lowboy, and Owl, and the Firedogs come out at night."
Andy stared at her with round eyes.
"They're the furniture, you know," said Hortense. "You can see some things are alive and waiting to come out of themselves. I'm sure Alligator Sofa and Malay Kris would play, too, if we asked them."