"We can but go on till we die, Bow-Wow," said Mew-Mew.
They went on, and never knew the least bit in the world where they were going.
Sometimes when the sun rose, they had not the heart to get up at all.
They would lie still, with their eyes shut, and try to sleep as long as they could, that they might not think of their pains.
When they had gone long with no food, they could not sleep, but would creep close to each other, or would sit and look at each other in a kind of fear.
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PUSS FALLS ILL
At last one night came, when poor little Mew-Mew lay quite flat on the ground, and put out her four paws.