"So it is," answered the innkeeper. "Well, we'll give your Good Gray Horse a mess of oats and some hay. After that we'll go back to the inn and cook a slice of bacon."
"And when you bake please give me a cake, or I'll be much disappointed," cried Puss.
"I'd rather give it to you than to that old bat," said the innkeeper, closing the stable door and pushing in the bolt. "Of course, he catches lots of mice, but at the same time I don't like him."
"So you like me better?" said Puss.
"Well, we'll wait and see," said the innkeeper. "In the meantime, come in." And he opened the door and led Puss into the kitchen.
THE ROBBER FAIRIES
"COCKS crow in the morn
To tell us to rise,
And he who lies late
Will never be wise;
"For early to bed
And early to rise
Is the way to be healthy
And wealthy and wise."
"Well, I haven't been to bed at all," said Puss. "I was held up in the forest."