"What do you want?" asked Puss, Junior, kindly.
"I think the three little kittens have forgotten their promise to give me three pieces of pie. I've been waiting in the barn all this time."
"Kittens!" cried Puss.
The three little kittens came tumbling around the house. But the little mouse ran behind a tree.
"Did you forget to save some pie crust for the little mouse and her two children?" asked Puss.
"Of course not!" replied the three kittens.
"I tucked a little piece under my plate," said the gray kitten.
"I put a little piece in the old clock," said the tabby kitten.
"And I put mine behind the big shell on the mantelpiece," cried the black kitty.
"Go and get them," said Puss, "for Mrs. Mouse can't be kept waiting; her babies out in the barn will be crying for her."