“It is time for you to go hunting,” she said. She wanted to get him out of the room.
“I have found what I was hunting for,” said Billy-Billy Blackfoot.
“There’s a rat gnawing in the pantry.”
“He’ll be fatter when I catch him.”
“There’s a piece of cheese in the dining-room.”
“It won’t spoil until I eat it.”
“There’s a pan of milk in the kitchen.”
“It won’t turn sour till I drink it.”
“There’s catnip in the garden.”
“It will grow till I want it.”