XI
WILL BOW-WOW DIE?
"Is there anything I can do?" asked the dog.
"Oh! I do not know of anything. You must just wait."
Then Mew-Mew shut her eyes for a little more sleep.
"But Mew-Mew! Mew-Mew!" cried poor Bow-Wow, "you must not go to sleep.
Oh, Mew-Mew! I have no one to speak to but you."
"It will not help you to speak," said Mew-Mew.
"You are much too fond of your own voice; I have told you that over and over again."
"Yes, Mew-Mew, so you have. But you would not have me die, would you?