uirming earthworm.
"Mew," said she, meaning, "Where is my home?"

The earthworm, however, did not notice little gray kitten, but crawled
away across the street.

Next, the little gray kitten met a butterfly on the top of a dandelion.
"Mew," said the little gray kitten, meaning, "Can you tell me where my
home is?" But the butterfly did not say anything, and flew away.

[Illustration: "SHE CAME UPON A LITTLE EARTHWORM."]

[Illustration: "THE BUTTERFLY FLEW AWAY."]

[Illustration: MISCHIEF
FROM AN ENGRAVING OF THE PAINTING BY FRED MORGAN.]

[Illustration: "THEN SHE SPIED A ROBIN."]

[Illustration: "SOON SHE MET A BIG RED COW."]

The little gray kitten walked on, and then she spied a robin on a stone
wall near-by. "Mew," said the little gray kitten, "Where is my home?"

But the robin, cocking his head on one side, answered, "Chirp, chirp,"
and then spreading his wings, flew away.

[Illustration: "RUNNING ALONG SHE CAME UP TO A BIG BLACK DOG."]

She felt very sad indeed, but running along she came up to a big black
dog. "Mew, mew!" said the little gray kitten, "Oh, can you not tell me
where my home is?"

But the big black dog shook his tail, and barked "Bow-wow,
bow-wow-wow-wow!" so loudly that the little gray kitten ran away from
him as fast as she could go.

The little gray kitten was very tired, but she still ran on, and soon
met a big red cow. "Mew, mew-ew," said the little gray kitten, "Can you
not tell me where my home is?"

[Illustration: "'OH, YOU DEAR FLUFFY GRAY BALL,' SAID THE LITTLE GIRL."]

The big red cow, however, hardly looking at the little kitten, stretched
out her big head, and shouted, "Moo, moo-oo!" which so frightened the
little gray kitten that she jumped over a fence and landed right in the
middle of a flower-bed.

There she caught sight of a little girl running up to her, and with such
a sweet smile on her face that the little gray kitten ran toward her and
said once more, "Mew, do _you_ know where my home is?"

"Oh, you dear fluffy gray ball!" said the smiling little girl, catching
the kitten up in her arms. "I'm going to take you right home to live
with me."

The little girl was the only one who had understood, and the little gray
kitten purred softly. She was happy for she had found a home.

PUSSY'S WHEELS

BY ANNIE W. McCULLOUGH

I wonder what you're thinking of, my darling little cat.
It may be meat, it may be cream, that makes you nice and