Then said Bow-Wow: "Had we better not eat it now? It is no use to leave it here."
They set to work, and ate the chick to the very last bone.
Then they did not feel quite so fit to take a long walk as they had hoped.
Still they made their way to the gate of the farm and out into the road.
"Now we have done it," said Bow-Wow.
"Yes, we have done it," said Mew-Mew who did not feel at all gay.
"We must step out as fast as we can," said Bow-Wow, "for I dare say they will be after us in half an hour."
