At that very minute they heard the “patter, patter, patter” of feet behind them.
“The Foxes, the Foxes,” cried the Three Little Kittens, “Oh where shall we hide?”
They turned over the wheel-barrow and crept under it, and to the surprise of all, Old Mother Kit-Cat came down the path singing,
“Where are the three Kittens,
Who once lost their mittens?”
“Here we are, here we are,” they all shouted rumbling and tumbling out from under the wheel-barrow.
They hugged and kissed all around and Mother Kit-Cat said,
“Come let us journey on again,
Until we come to the Foxes’ den.”
So, on and on, they went, Old Mother Catastrophe riding in the wheel-barrow all the way, and the wind whistled a merry tune,