“It’s Pussy!” said Mother Goose. “She’s gone!”
“Gone?” asked Uncle Wiggily. “Gone? Who is Pussy?”
“Why, you know,” said Mother Goose. “Pussy is a cousin to Fuzzo, Wuzzo and Muzzo, the three little kittens, who lost their mittens.”
“Oh, yes, to be sure,” said Uncle Wiggily. “I remember! So Pussy has gone; has she? What happened to her?”
“That’s what we don’t know, and what we came to you to have you find out,” said Mother Goose. “You see, Pussy—that’s her first name, her last one is Mew—Pussy Mew came on a little visit to Mrs. Purr, who is her aunt, and the mother of the three little kittens who lost their mittens.”
“Oh, yes, I remember!” said Uncle Wiggily.
“Well, Pussy is lost,” spoke the Shoe Lady. “She went out to the store for Mrs. Purr while Fuzzo, Wuzzo and Muzzo were taking their tail-chasing lesson, and Pussy did not come back.”
“What did she go to the store after?” Uncle Wiggily wanted to know.
“A yeast cake,” answered Mother Hubbard. “But the yeast cake didn’t come back, either.”
“Not having any legs, I don’t see how it could,” said Uncle Wiggily. “But what is it you want me to do, ladies?” he asked, making a polite bow.