As poor Bow-Wow felt ill, they could not go on.
No food was to be had.
They lay down just in that place, each rolled into a tight ball, and soon fell asleep.
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HOW THE RUNAWAYS FARED
They slept the rest of that day.
In the night rain began to fall. This made them wake up.
Bow-Wow was just able to walk to a tree, the same tree that Mew-Mew had used to hide in. The rain did not come so hard, close up to the trunk of the tree.