It did not take the whole family of mice long to find a home under a big stone.
Sammy jumped off the wall and ran up into the pine tree.
The cat came along the path very slowly.
"Meow, meow!" she said to herself. "I must find something for breakfast."
But she did not find the little mice. They were hiding away under the big stone.
And she did not find Sammy. He was safe in the pine tree.
Of course she knew where the mice were hiding.
She saw them when they ran into the hole.
But the stone was too heavy for her to move.
She sat down beside the hole and waited and waited, but not one little mouse put out his nose.