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Project Gutenberg's The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales, by Amy Walton This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: The Kitchen Cat, and other Tales Author: Amy Walton Illustrator: Warwick Goble Release Date: October 20, 2007 [EBook #23112] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE KITCHEN CAT, AND OTHER TALES *** Produced by Nick Hodson of London, England The Kitchen Cat, and other stories, by Amy Walton. ________________________________________________________________________ There are three short stories in this little book, of which the first is by far the longest. Ruth is a poor little rich girl. Her mother had died some time before, and she lives with her father, a lawyer, and an incredibly stupid, though outwardly competent, Nurse. One day she discovers that there is a thin, unfed cat also living in the house. She befriends it, despite Nurse. She becomes very ill for a week or so. Her father discovers her love for the cat, and it is elevated to being the House Cat. In the second story, a "toy" dog is missing. When the dog, Sarah, is found, she tells her young mistress of her adventures. In the third and last story, two young girls are seeing what they can find near a pond. A toad is discovered, and he explains to them that he lives in a hole, which is well covered up, so that he cannot see out. He says that some toads' holes are uncomfortable while some are nice and snug. The girls' attendant, Miss Grey, points out the moral, that we all live in holes of our own making, some of which are comfortable, and some not, but out of which we cannot easily see how other people are living. ________________________________________________________________ THE KITCHEN CAT, AND OTHER STORIES, BY AMY WALTON. CHAPTER ONE. THE VISITOR FROM THE CELLAR. The whole house in London was dull and gloomy, its lofty rooms and staircases were filled with a sort of misty twilight all day, and the sun very seldom looked in at its windows. Ruth Lorimer thought, however, that the very dullest room of all was the nursery, in which she had to pass so much of her time. It was so high up that the people and carts and horses i
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