"So I am," the old woman said, and her eyes gleamed.
But the Queen said, "Nonsense!"
"But it's not nonsense," the old woman said; and the cat began to grow visibly.
"Well, but you didn't say anything about it before," the Queen said. "I only agreed to herd your geese."
"But you won't be able to," the old woman said.
The Queen said, "Why not?"
"Because they're wild ones."
The cat was growing larger and larger, till the Queen grew positively afraid.
"Well, at any rate, I'll have a try," she said.
And the old woman answered, "You may as well save yourself the trouble."