She thought the cat would never be so greedy as that, but he opened his mouth wide, and down his throat went the mouse.
Then the greedy cat walked out of the mouse’s house and down the road, swinging his tail, for he felt very fine.
On his way he met an old woman. Now the old woman had been peeping in at the window, and she had seen what that greedy cat had done.
“You greedy cat,” she said, “to eat your friend, the mouse.”
“Greedy, indeed,” said the cat, “I have a mind to eat you.”
Then he opened his mouth very wide, and down his throat went the old woman.
Then on down the road went the cat, swinging his tail, and feeling finer than ever. As he went he met an old man taking his load of apples to market. The old man was beating his donkey to make it go faster.
“Scat, scat, pussy,” said the man, “my donkey will tread on you.”
“Tread on me, indeed,” said the cat, shaking his fat sides, “I have eaten my friend the mouse, I have eaten an old woman. What is to hinder my eating you?”
So the greedy cat opened his mouth very wide, and down his throat went the man and his donkey.