BICYCLE PUSS
"IF I had a horse in the stable I'd lend him to you," said the kind-hearted innkeeper.
"Have you an automobile?" asked Puss.
"Not yet," replied the innkeeper. "But I have a bicycle which I will lend you."
It took Puss but a moment to mount, and then off he went to catch his Good Gray Horse, who, you remember in the last story, had been stolen by the fairies.
But, oh, dear me! although it was early morning it seemed as if everybody was up and out for a walk. First, an old rooster stood right in the middle of the road and crowed:
"Cock-a-doodle do,
Your horse has lost a shoe."
"Where is it?" asked Puss, stopping as quickly as he could, while the good-natured rooster hopped into the long grass and picked it up.