Baby Peggy's own story book (1924)

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MR. SAMSON CAT BY VALERY CARRICK ONCE upon a time a cat came running out of a certain village, and a fox came running out of a certain forest, and they met. "How do you do?" said the fox. "How do you do?" said the cat. "What's your name?" said the fox. "Mr. Samson Cat, and what's yours?" "They call me Widow Fox." "Let's live together," said the cat. "Very well," said the fox. And so they settled down in Widow Fox's cottage. One day Mr. Cat went out for a walk to gather berries in the forest, when a hare came running along. He never noticed the cat and jumped right on to the top of him. Mr. Cat said: "G-r-r-r!" and the hare took fright and set off running so fast, that you could just see his heels twinkle, and he was gonel Then the hare met a wolf, and said to him : "As I was running past Widow Fox's cottage, an unheard-of beast jumped right on to the top of me, he was so big and so dreadful! He was just going to swallow me up alive, only my legs saved me!" "I must go and have a look," said the wolf. "Don't, he will eat you up!" said the hare. Nevertheless the wolf went off to Widow Fox's cottage. And just then Widow [36]