Suddenly Daddy stopped the car with a jerk. He had almost run over the TWIN KITTIES! Irene jumped out and picked them up. Soon Puff and Fluff were on their way back home. They were very happy to be cuddled in Irene’s arms.
She held them very close. “Dear Kitties,” she said, “you must take your punishments bravely. If I did not correct your faults when you are kittens, you would grow up into BAD CATS!”
Fluff and Puff rolled up into two little balls. They were so happy that they had such a nice, kind mistress, who trained them so well, and yet forgave them so readily, that they purred louder than the engine.
When they reached home Irene laid them tenderly on the pretty couch. Then she went up to bed. Fluff and Puff did not go to sleep at once. They lay awake planning to show their gratitude to their nice, kind little girl mother.
“Meow!” said Fluff, “she took us in when no one else would look at us, and gave us a home!”
“Mew!” answered Puff. “And she has taught us how to act in a pretty home like this. We were not well trained when we came here.”