“Oh, I must save Kittie from that fox!” he thought. “How can I do it?”
So Bully thought and thought, and thought of a plan. Then he leaned forward and whispered in Kittie’s ear, so low that the fox couldn’t hear him:
“Let go of the basket, Kittie,” he told her, “and then give a big jump and run up a tree.”
Well, Kittie was quite surprised to hear Bully whispering out of the bushes to her, for she didn’t know that he was around, but she did as he told her to. She suddenly let go of the basket handle, and the fox was so surprised that he nearly fell over sideways. And before he could straighten himself up Kittie Kat jumped back, and up a tree she scrambled before you could shake a stick at her, even if you wanted to. You see, she never thought of going up a tree until Bully told her to.
“Here! You come back!” cried the fox, real surprised like.
“Tell him you are not going to,” whispered Bully, and that’s what Kittie called to the fox from up in the tree, for, you see, he couldn’t climb up to her, and he still had hold of her basket.
“If you don’t come down I’ll throw this basket of yours in the water!” threatened the bad fox, gnashing his teeth.
“Oh, I don’t want him to do that!” said Kittie.
“Never mind, perhaps he won’t,” suggested Bully. “Wait and see.”
“Are you coming down and let me eat you?” asked the fox of the little kitten girl, for the savage animal did not yet know that Bully was hiding there. “Are you coming down, I ask you?”