lter
out of horse-hide, and she looked at the shoulder of mutton-bone--at the
big broad blade-bone--and she made a Magic. She made the Second Singing
Magic in the world.

Out in the Wild Woods all the wild animals wondered what had happened to
Wild Dog, and at last Wild Horse stamped with his foot and said, 'I will
go and see and say why Wild Dog has not returned. Cat, come with me.'

'Nenni!' said the Cat. 'I am the Cat who walks by himself, and all
places are alike to me. I will not come.' But all the same he followed
Wild Horse softly, very softly, and hid himself where he could hear
everything.

When the Woman heard Wild Horse tripping and stumbling on his long mane,
she laughed and said, 'Here comes the second. Wild Thing out of the Wild
Woods what do you want?'

Wild Horse said, 'O my Enemy and Wife of my Enemy, where is Wild Dog?'

The Woman laughed, and picked up the blade-bone and looked at it, and
said, 'Wild Thing out of the Wild Woods, you did not come here for Wild
Dog, but for the sake of this good grass.'

And Wild Horse, tripping and stumbling on his long mane, said, 'That is
true; give it me to eat.'

The Woman said, 'Wild Thing out of the Wild Woods, bend your wild head
and wear what I give you, and you shall eat the wonderful grass three
times a day.'

'Ah,' said the Cat, listening, 'this is a clever Woman, but she is not
so clever as I am.'

[Illustration: THIS is the picture of the Cat that Walked by Himself,
walking by his wild lone through the Wet Wild Woods and waving his wild
tail. There is nothing else in the picture except some toadstools. They
had to grow there because the woods were so wet. The lumpy thing on the
low branch isn't a bird. It is moss that grew there because the Wild
Woods were so wet.

Underneath the truly picture is a picture of the cozy Cave that the Man
and the Woman went to after the Baby came. It was their summer Cave, and
they planted wheat in front of it. The Man is riding on the Horse to
find the Cow and bring her back to the Cave to be milked. He is holding
up his hand to call the Dog, who has swum across to the other side of
the river, looking for rabbits.]

Wild Horse bent his wild head, and the Woman slipped the plaited
hide halter over it, and Wild Horse breathed on the Woman's feet and
said, 'O my Mistress, and Wife of my Master, I will be your servant for
the sake of the wonderful grass.'

'Ah,' said the Cat, listening, 'that is a very foolish Ho