XXII
IN THE FIELDS
"Have you had a rest now, Mew-Mew?" said Bow-Wow.
"Oh yes," said the cat, as she got on her legs again. "We will not go quite so fast now, will we?"
"As you please. If the men from the farm come after us, and take us back, it will not be I that am to blame."
They set off once more.
They did not keep to the road, for fear of those who might be on the lookout for them.
Some fields were much more easy to cross than others. The best of all were those of nice soft short grass.
The fields in which the corn had been cut, were very hard to get over. The short stems of the corn were sharp to their paws.