"Why, I'm one of the three blind mice whose tails the farmer's wife cut off," said the mouse.
"I thought there was very little tail to you," said Puss, "or else you went into the hole so fast that it made your tail look very short, for I couldn't even get a little hold on it."
"Well, having my tail clipped did me some good," said the mouse.
PUSS HELPS A STRANGER CATCH A RUNAWAY PIG
To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
A funny little man came dancing down the road. Before him he drove a fat pig, which squeaked and grunted loudly. To one of its hind legs was fastened a rope, the other end of which the funny little man held tightly in his hand.
"To market, to market, to buy a fat pig,
Home again, home again, jiggety jig."
sang the little old man. "How do you like my piggety pig?" he asked, looking up at Puss, Jr., who had stopped his good gray horse to watch the funny sight.