"What will Mother say?" she said, sweeping up the broken pieces of poor Blue Pitcher. "Won't she be sorry!"
"Yes, she will!" said Sauce Pan; "but it was his own fault! I think Jubey'll be sorrier! She thought Blue Pitcher one of her best friends. They were very con-fi-dent-ial. Only yesterday I heard her telling him that always after eating a hearty meal for which she had no appetite, she felt hungry."
"What did Blue Pitcher say?" asked Aunty Rolling Pin.
"Never paid any 'tention—just said: 'Humph, Jubey, I know where a lot of cat-tails grow!'
"'You do, do you?' said Jubey. 'I'd like to know.'
"'On little kittens!' said Blue Pitcher."
The Kitchen People laughed.
"Bet Sauce Pan made that all up," whispered Coffee Pot.
"No," said Sauce Pan, overhearing, "I—I don't tell tails!"