THE DISHONEST CAT. AT

Surely you will not be less grateful to those who brought
you up than was my old friend’s cat to her. Acts, not
words, show the sincerity of our feelings.. Consider how
you are acting towards them each hour and day of your
life. Are you doing your best to act well, whether at
home, at school, or at play ?

 

THE DISHONEST CAT.

I am sorry to say that cats.are not always so lovable as _

those I have described, but will sometimes play all sorts of
tricks, like some dishonest boys and girls, to obtain what
they want.

An Angora cat, which lived in a large house in France,
had discovered that when a certain bell rang the cook always
left the kitchen. Numerous tid-bits were scattered about,
some on the tables and dressers, others before the fire.
Pussy crept towards them, and tasted them; they exactly
suited her. When she heard the cook’s step returning, off
she ran to a corner, and pretended to be sleeping soundly.
How she longed that the bell would ring again !

At last, like another cat I have spoken of, she thought
that she would try to ring it herself, and get cook out of the
way; she could resist her longing for those sweet creams
no longer. Off she crept, jumped up at the bell-rope, and
sounded the bell. Away hurried cook to answer it. The
coast was now clear, and Pussy feasted on the nice things
left unguarded—being out of the kitchen, or seemingly asleep
in her corner, before cook returned.