"Oh, you'll have to catch something. There's plenty here in the woods."
"But aren't you going to help us?" asked Jazbury anxiously.
"No. I don't feel hungry. You kits go ahead. You won't have any trouble about it. If I want anything I'll catch it later on."
"But I don't know how to catch things. I never learned," said Jazbury.
"All the worse for you, but I can't help it," said Yowler cruelly.
Fluffy had been looking sharply at Yowler. Now he said, "Yowler, there's a feather on your whiskers."
Yowler started. "Oh, is there?" he said, and he hastily wiped it off with his paw. "You'd better hurry up if you want to catch anything." He added. "I'm sleepy. Guess I'll take another snooze."
He went inside the tree and curled himself up in the warm spot that Jazbury and Fluffy had just left, and closed his eyes. The two smaller kittens stood looking at him for a moment.
"Come on, Jazbury!" mewed Fluffy. "Let's go and look for something to eat."
The two little kittens wandered away from the tree and on deeper into the wood. Jazbury felt very much hurt that Yowler would not come with them. He didn't see why he wasn't hungry, too.