THE QUARRELSOME RATS.

 

“Or, auntie! took at these rats!
Why, just see, they are fighting, and I do
believe that one rat will get killed. What ©
can they be quarreling about.” :

“T don’t know, Freddy; -perhaps they
are quarreling about their food.”

“But see, auntie! There is a whole
basketful of corn. I should think that
were enough for all of them. And, be-
sides, I think there is meal in those bags.
I should think they would have enough to
do in looking out for the old cat without —
_ spending their time fighting.”
~ «Ves, Freddy, and I think Tabby is just
_.outside the barn now. If she hears the
scrabbling and squealing it will be a sorry
job for them. She will be sure to pounce
upon them and carry off one or two of them
to her kittens. When people quarrel they
very often run into danger.”