“Oh, meat and milk, and fish when I can get them.”
“Well, I hope you get them,” said Flop Ear, as he hopped on toward the cabbage field. “And I hope you will soon find your home.”
“I hope so, too,” returned Blackie. Then the lost cat went off by herself, and in her own book you may read about her, after you have finished this one.
Flop Ear was eating some cabbage, when along came Don.
“Hello!” exclaimed the kind dog.
“Hello!” answered Flop Ear. “I just met a friend of yours.”
“Who was it?” Don inquired. “Tum Tum the jolly elephant, or Mappo the merry monkey?”
“Neither one. I don’t know either of them,” answered Flop Ear. “It was Blackie, a lost cat.”
“Oh, yes, I know her quite well,” said Don. “She is a nice cat. I like her.”