XIII
MEW-MEW SEEKS SOME FOOD
Mew-Mew was the first to speak.
"How are you now, Bow-Wow?" she said.
"How do I look?" said the dog.
"Ah! not very well. There is a look in your eyes I do not like."
"Oh, if it is only my eyes," said Bow-Wow, "I can change that.... Look at me now, Mew-Mew."
"That is not the same look at all," said the cat. "Your eyes are as bright as mine now, Bow-Wow."
"No, no—not so bright as yours. No other eyes could be as bright as yours, Mew-Mew.
But I do feel a good deal better now, and I think, dear Mew-Mew, that if I could get a long sleep and some nice food—"