again. Sniff! went her little pink
nose. This time she stopped by a house with three chimneys. The smoke
came out of all the chimneys! "Where there are three fires there _must_
be room for me," thought Spot. So she jumped off the fence and pattered
to the door. By the door were three empty milk bottles! "Where there is
so much milk there must be children," thought Spot and then she began to
feel happy. But the door was shut tight. She trotted to the window. The
window was shut tight too! Then she saw some stairs. Up the stairs she
trotted. There she found another door and in she slipped. She heard a
very pleasant sound.

"I crickle, I crackle,
I flicker, I flare,
I jump from nothing right into the air."

There on the hearth burned an open fire with a warm, warm rug in front
of it. On the rug was a little table and on the table were two little
mugs of milk. Spot curled up on the rug under the table and began to
sing:

"Purrrr, purrrr,
Curling up warm
To a ball of fur,
I close my eyes,
And purr and purr.
Purrrr, purrrr,
Purrrr, purrrr."

Pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat, pat! Spot heard some little feet
coming. A little boy in a nightgown ran into the room. "Look," he
called, "at the pretty spotted cat under our table!" Then pat, pat, pat,
pat, pat! And a little girl in a nightgown ran into the room. "See," she
called, "the pussy has come to take supper with us!" Then the little
boy, quick as a wink, put a saucer on the floor and poured some of his
milk into it and the little girl, quick as a wink, poured some of hers
in too.

In and out, in and out, in and out, went Spot's pink tongue lapping up
the milk. Then she sat up and washed her face very carefully. Then she
curled up and closed her eyes and began to sing. That was her way of
saying "Thank you, little boy and little girl! I'm so glad I've found a
home!"

"Purrrr, purrrr,
Purrrr, purrrr,
Purrrr, purrrr, purrrr."

THE DINNER HORSES
THE GROCERY MAN

The material for these stories came from questions and observations on
the part of three- and four-year-olds arising largely from their
trips on the city streets. The children should be allowed to name the
various kinds of food.

THE DINNER HORSES

In a certain house on a certain street there lives a certain li