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If you are not located in the United States, you -will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before -using this eBook. - -Title: Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens - -Authors: Laura Rountree Smith - F. R. Morgan - -Release Date: January 29, 2022 [eBook #67279] - -Language: English - -Produced by: Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading - Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from - images generously made available by The Internet - Archive/American Libraries.) - -*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TWINKLE TOES AND HIS MAGIC -MITTENS *** - - - - - - -[Illustration: TWINKLE TOES LIKED TO GATHER HIS ANIMAL FRIENDS ABOUT HIM] - - - - - Twinkle Toes and - His Magic Mittens - - _By_ Laura Rountree Smith - _Pictures by_ F. R. Morgan - - WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO. - RACINE, WISCONSIN - - COPYRIGHT 1919 BY - WHITMAN PUBLISHING CO. - RACINE, WISCONSIN - - - - -Table of Contents - - - I IN THE HOLLOW TREE 9 - - II EARNING MONEY 25 - - III UNCLE MOUSER’S STORY 39 - - IV A VISIT TO OLD SHADOW 49 - - V NAMING THE FLAG 66 - - - - -List of Illustrations - - - TWINKLE TOES LIKED TO GATHER HIS ANIMAL FRIENDS ABOUT HIM FRONTISPIECE - - HE GAVE EACH OF THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS A NEW TRAVELING BAG 14 - - CHIP, CHIP, CHIP, INTO OUR TREE 15 - - THE THREE LITTLE CHAIRS IN WHICH THEY SAT TURNED ROUND 19 - - TWINKLE TOES WAS DREAMING ABOUT A PAIR OF MAGIC MITTENS 27 - - TWINKLE TOES WORKED THREE TIMES AS FAST CLEARING PATHS 31 - - ONCE UPON A TIME THE OLD MAN OF THE FIRE SAID TO THE KING 42 - - PUT THE DISHES IN NEAT PILES UPON THE TABLE 47 - - IT GREW DARKER AND DARKER IN OLD SHADOW’S BURROW 50 - - ALL THE ANIMALS WERE MARCHING, RIGHT FOOT, LEFT FOOT 55 - - THEY WERE MAKING A FLAG 62 - - THEY DREAMED THEY WERE SAILING AWAY 63 - - - - -Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens - - - - -CHAPTER I. - -IN THE HOLLOW TREE - - -Twinkle Toes lived with Uncle Mouser in a little wee house in the woods, -and as he ran in and out in the twinkling of an eye, every one called him -Twinkle Toes. - -He liked to travel about and to meet his friends, so on his second -birthday, Uncle Mouser gave him a fine new travelling bag, with his -initials upon it. - -Twinkle Toes, like Uncle Mouser was quite a story-teller. He liked to run -about in the woods at twilight and gather his animal friends about him, -and tell stories. - -Most of all, however, he liked to travel through the woods with his new -travelling bag. - -One evening he started out through the woods and ran on until he came to -the home of the THREE LITTLE KITTENS WHO LOST THEIR MITTENS. - -He rapped on the door, rap-a-tap-rap-a-tap. - -The Three Little Kittens were at home, and they cried in turn, “May I go? -Ma, may I go?” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat opened the door herself, and in waltzed Twinkle Toes -with his travelling bag. - -They made him welcome you may be sure, and Dot and Tot and Trot cried, - - “You’re a story-teller, we suppose, - Do tell us a story, Twinkle Toes.” - -Then Twinkle Toes jumped right over the travelling bag, with the letters -“T-T” upon it, and said, - - “To have a story you are bound, - We’ll see if any can be found!” - -He opened his travelling bag, and took out another travelling bag, a -little smaller. He opened the second bag and took out another, and -another. - -He gave each of the Three Little Kittens a new travelling bag. - -Each bag had the Kitten’s initials upon it. - -The Three Little Kittens were happy you may be sure, and marched round -and round the room with their new travelling bags. - -They begged for a story again, but Twinkle Toes only said, - - “Go off to bed with a skip and a run, - With the travelling bag, our story’s begun.” - -The Three Little Kittens called, “Good night Ma, good night Twinkle -Toes,” and they went merrily off to bed. - -Twinkle Toes slept in Old Uncle Mouser’s red plush-lined basket by the -fire. - -Next morning the Three Little Kittens begged to go with Twinkle Toes on a -journey. - -Mother Kit-Cat said, - - “Dear Little Kittens you are so funny, - You may go—for the day is sunny.” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed around trying to catch his tail and the little bell, -on the little blue ribbon, round his neck went tinkle, tinkle, tinkle! - -They all started off merrily, the Three Little Kittens singing, - - “We’re Three Little Kittens, - We’ve no need of mittens.” - -“Don’t be so sure of that,” whistled the Wind, and before they got home -it nipped their ears and paws, and blew their long whiskers! - -Then Dot and Tot said, - - “We were foolish Kittens - To leave off our mittens.” - -[Illustration: HE GAVE EACH OF THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS A NEW TRAVELING -BAG] - -[Illustration: CHIP, CHIP, CHIP, COME INTO OUR TREE] - -Brave Little Trot said, - - “Always put your best foot out, - Don’t think of things to cry about.” - -Sure enough, they soon forgot that they were cold, they soon forgot that -they had left their mittens at home. - -They were wondering whom they would visit, when they heard Three Little -Curly-Tails cry, “Chip, chip, chip, come into our tree, come into our -tree.” - -Dot and Tot and Trot made their best bow and said politely, - - “We are Three Little Kittens - Who once lost our mittens.” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed around and said, - - “I am a friend whom everyone knows, - My name is Little Twinkle Toes.” - -Old Mother Curly-Tail looked out from her hole in the hollow tree, and -said, - - “I give you invitation, hearty, - To step inside and join our party.” - -Even Twinkle Toes did not know how a hollow tree looked inside. - -They all scrambled into the tree and Mother Curly-Tail said, “Hurry, -hurry, hurry.” - -They helped for one hour and sixteen minutes to store the Squirrels’ nuts -away for the winter. - -Then, a surprise awaited them for Mother Curly-Tail said, - - “Sing some verses if you’re able, - In will roll the chairs and table.” - -They sang a song, and in rolled a table and chairs for them all. - -They climbed up into the chairs and Mother Curly-Tail said, - - “Dishes will come if I don’t mistake it, - And a politeness lesson, if you’ll take it.” - -In came the dishes, knives, forks, and spoons, and they all jumped to -their proper places upon the table. - -In came a kettle of food, smoking hot. - -The Three Little Curly-Tails said, “Oh Ma, please help our plates first, -we are so hungry.” - -Mother Curly-Tail said, - - “Visitors first, if you please, - Be polite, and do not tease.” - -The Three Little Curly-Tails would not wait, they were so hungry. They -put their paws in the kettle and burned them badly. - -[Illustration: THE THREE LITTLE CHAIRS IN WHICH THEY SAT TURNED ROUND] - -“Oh,” and “Ah,” they wailed. - -The three little chairs in which they sat turned round and remained with -their backs to the table. - -Twinkle Toes and the Three Little Kittens began to eat the food put on -their plates, saying “Thank you” and “If you please,” politely. - -By and by the three chairs, in which the Three Little Curly-Tails sat, -rolled back into place, and they were given some sharp nuts to crack with -their sharp little teeth, for by this time the food in the kettle was all -gone. - -Dot wanted to tell the story of the lost mittens and began, “One day when -we were sliding on the ice.” - -At that very moment Mother Curly-Tail jumped down from her chair, and -whispered in the ear of each little Curly-Tail. - - “Be polite to the Three Little Kittens, - But don’t let them talk any more of their mittens.” - -Tot wanted to tell about finding the mittens, so she began, - - “One day when we were sliding on the ice.” - -“Oh, oh,” cried the Curly-Tails, “Did you lose your rubbers? Did you lose -your hoods? Did you lose your overshoes?” - -“No,” said Trot, “We lost——” - -At that very minute the Curly-Tails cried, “Come out and climb, come out -and climb.” - -No sooner said than done, they all ran out of the hollow tree and jumped -from branch to branch. - -One after another cried, - - “Come, follow me to the tallest tree, - It is very exciting as you see.” - -By and by Twinkle Toes said, - - “Back to mother everyone goes, - When twilight comes, says Twinkle Toes.” - -They all took up their little travelling bags and started to run home -through the woods. - -All at once they stopped still. - -They said, “We forgot to say good bye, we forgot our manners.” - -Right about face, they all marched back to the hollow tree and shouted, - - “To be polite, we all will try, - Dear Little Curly-Tails, good bye.” - -The little Curly-Tails answered, - - “Come again to have a play, - Call on us another day.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat stood in the doorway looking for them. - -She said, - - “Dear Little Kittens, - You should wear your mittens.” - -Sure enough, their paws were cold as cold could be. - -Late that night Dot, and Tot, and Trot, woke up and said, “We wonder why -the Curly-Tails did not want us to talk about our mittens?” - -Twinkle Toes called out sleepily from Old Uncle Mouser’s red plush-lined -basket, - - “Little Curly-Tails once wore the mittens - Lost long ago, by Three Little Kittens.” - -I don’t know whether he knew what he was talking about or whether he was -talking in his sleep. - -He lay all curled up in the red, plush-lined basket. - -He was dreaming about a pair of Magic Mittens that would always fit and -never wear out. - -He said, “When will I get my Magic Mittens?” - - - - -CHAPTER II. - -EARNING MONEY - - -Twinkle Toes woke up early next morning, and skipped about with his -travelling bag, singing, - - “With travelling bag away he goes, - So sings your little Twinkle Toes.” - -“Let me go too, let me go too,” cried the Three Little Kittens in one -breath. - -They all had their little travelling bags with them and they shouted, - - “To Squirrel Town away we go, - Three Little Kittens, ha, ha, ho, ho.” - -As it happened, they did not go to Squirrel Town that day, nor the next, -nor the next, for Old Mother Kit-Cat said, “Dot, Tot, Trot, you must -earn some money, so I can knit a pair of mittens for Twinkle Toes.” - -[Illustration: TWINKLE TOES WAS DREAMING ABOUT A PAIR OF MAGIC MITTENS] - -Old Mother Kit-Cat’s rocking chair went to and fro, to and fro, and all -this time her needles went “click, click click.” - -Dot and Tot said, - - “Oh dear, oh dear, pray, what shall we do, - Mother Kit-Cat, to earn money for you?” - -Brave Little Trot said, - - “I’ll take my snow shovel, that’s what I’ll do, - Mother Kit-Cat, to earn pennies for you.” - -“Hurrah, hurrah,” cried Dot and Tot, “we will all take our snow shovels -and go to the woods and shovel paths for the animals!” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round, and suddenly without warning, down -came a little snow shovel, and he put it over his shoulder and marched -merrily along. - -I don’t know whether it was a magic snow shovel or not, but Twinkle Toes -worked three times as fast clearing paths as the Three Little Kittens. - -“My furry tail, how cold it is!” said Dot. - -“My long whiskers, how the wind whistles,” said Tot. - -Brave little Trot said, - - “If we will sing once in a while, - It will shorten the longest mile.” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round while the Three Little Kittens -shouted at the top of their lungs in a sing-song way, - - “We are Three Little Kittens - Who once lost our mittens, - We are Three Little Kittens - Who frolic and play, - We are Three Little Kittens - Who once found our mittens, - We are Three Little Kittens, - So cunning and gay.” - -At this very minute, an astonishing thing happened! - -[Illustration: TWINKLE TOES WORKED THREE TIMES AS FAST CLEARING PATHS] - -A great deep growly voice cried, - - “Come shovel me out, you dear little Kittens, - I’ll give you pennies to buy wool for mittens.” - -They were by old Curly-Bear’s den. - -They were not a bit afraid. - -They all went to work with a will and shoveled a good path to the old -Bear’s den. - -Then Curly-Bear reached out his paw and said, - - “When I heard Three Little Kittens sing, - I thought it was almost time for spring.” - -He handed Trot six pennies and went back into his den for another nap. - -“I wish we could sleep all winter,” said Dot. Tot said, “I do miss my -nice warm mittens, why do I always forget to put them on?” - -“Overshoes too, overshoes too,” laughed the wind as he whistled by. - -They had all done enough shovelling of snow that day, but next day they -went to the Ground Hog’s hole and he cried sleepily, - - “Come shovel me out, you dear little Kittens, - I’ll give you pennies to buy wool for mittens.” - -They began to shovel with right good will and all the while Old Shadow, -the Ground Hog was scolding about sunshine and shadow. - -He said he could never tell whether or not he would cast his shadow until -he came out of his hole. - -By and by he peeped out and gave Trot the pennies, then he went back into -his hole for another nap. - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round, and the Three Little Kittens went -on until they heard a voice cry:— - - “Come shovel me out, you dear little Kittens, - I’ll give you pennies to buy wool for mittens.” - -They went to the Beaver’s house built by the pond and worked away, and -will you believe it, the Beaver said all the time, “Work like a Beaver, -work like a Beaver. Some day we may tell you how we build our homes, but -don’t come too near, for we are very shy.” - -The Beaver tossed six pennies out of his window and called “Good bye” as -the Three Little Kittens trudged merrily down the road. - -“My shovel gets heavier every minute,” said Dot. - -“I cannot walk another step, I am most frozen,” said Tot. - -Brave Little Trot said, “We will keep on a few steps more and maybe we -will meet some of our friends, or cousins, or uncles, or aunts.” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round. - -Just then, was heard the “Jingle, jingle, jingle,” of sleighbells. Some -one was coming in a sleigh. - -The Three Little Kittens stood in the road waving their snow shovels, and -they blocked the path. - -The sleigh came nearer, and nearer, every minute. - -When Twinkle Toes saw who was in the sleigh he set up a shout, “It is Old -Uncle Mouser, stop him, stop him.” - -Uncle Mouser was pleased to see his old friends you may be sure and he -said, - - “Creep under my fur robe, as still as a mouse, - Then home we will ride to your own little house.” - -No sooner said than done, they all scrambled under the warm fur robe and -rode away, away, away, to the home of the Three Little Kittens. - -When they arrived Old Mother Kit-Cat stood in the doorway looking for -them. - -She was delighted to see Uncle Mouser again and he said he would stay, if -he could sleep in his red plush-lined basket. - -Such a shaking of snow as there was from fur and whiskers, and Trot gave -Old Mother Kit-Cat the pennies they had earned. - -When they were all ready to go to sleep Dot said, “We forgot to ask -Curly-Bear if he had ever seen our mittens.” - -Tot said, “We forgot to ask Old Shadow if he had seen our mittens, that -time they were lost so long.” - -Trot said, “Perhaps Billy Beaver could have told us something about them.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat said, - - “Hush, be still, ’tis time to sleep, - Three Little Kittens, quiet keep.” - -Twinkle Toes and Old Mouser were already asleep. - -They lay side by side in the red plush-lined basket. - -Old Mother Kit-Cat had already started a pair of mittens for Twinkle -Toes, but she needed yarn to finish them. - -She said, “I will send the Three Little Kittens for yarn to-morrow.” - -She was not at all sleepy, so she thought she would finish one of the -mittens she had started. - -She took up her needles, and to her surprise, they went to and fro, to -and fro, in her paws and in less than a twinkling of an eye, one mitten -was finished. - -“By my furry tail,” said Mother Kit-Cat, that must be a magic mitten -after all. “Perhaps this is one of the magic mittens Twinkle Toes has -been talking about.” - -Then, to her surprise the finished mitten began to sing, - - “When you do good deeds for others, - Fathers, sisters, cousins, mothers, - Even helpful things for kittens, - You may wear some magic mittens.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat was not sure whether she was asleep or dreaming, for -all the rest of the family had gone to dreamland. - - - - -CHAPTER III. - -UNCLE MOUSER’S STORY - - -The next day passed very quickly, for the Three Little Kittens went to -town to buy yarn for mittens for Twinkle Toes. - -When evening came, they all sat round the fire and the Three Little -Kittens danced up and down before Uncle Mouser, and Twinkle Toes danced -round and round. - -They all said, “Please tell us a story.” - -Uncle Mouser answered, - - “I will tell you a story in prose and rhyme, - For I make up stories just half my time.” - -The Three Little Kittens danced up and down and cried, “Tell us a true -story, tell us something that really, truly happened.” - -Uncle Mouser rocked to and fro, to and fro, in the little rocking chair -and said, - - “I would not like to see you in tears, - So I’ll think back for several years.” - -“Oh Uncle Mouser, oh Uncle Mouser,” cried the Three Little Kittens, “we -cannot wait years and years for a story.” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round. - -Old Mother Kit-Cat’s needles went “click, click, click.” - -By and by Old Uncle Mouser said, “By my whiskers, I do know one true -story about a little kitten, who liked to wash dishes, and do kitchen -work.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat stopped knitting suddenly, and leaned forward and her -eyes grew as big as saucers. - -She said, “Did you say, liked to wash dishes and do kitchen work?” - -Old Uncle Mouser answered, “I will tell you the story as it was told me -by my old Aunt Tabby.” Then he began. - -Once upon a time the Old Man of the Fire said to the King, “I wonder if -any kitten in the world likes to wash dishes and do kitchen work?” - -The King said, it could not be possible that any kitten liked to do these -things, so the Little Old Man of the Fire said, “I travel everywhere over -hill and dale, and wherever a fire is, there am I. What will you give me -if I find a kitten who likes to do kitchen work?” - -[Illustration: ONCE UPON A TIME THE OLD MAN OF THE FIRE SAID TO THE KING] - -The King replied, “I will give you a thousand miles of sun to burn -morning and evening.” - -The Little Old Man of the Fire ran over hill and dale singing, - - “I am the Little Old Man of the Fire, - Ha, ha, I am happy, I never tire.” - -My! what a long search he had. - -He found plenty of kittens who hated to do kitchen work, and he was -afraid they all hated to wash dishes. - -He was about to give up the search, when one night he saw a light on a -far hill, twinkle, twinkle. - -He followed the light and soon came to a little wee house on the hill. - -A little Kitten was singing, - - “Pile the dishes up higher, higher, - Bring in the wood and make more fire, - Of kitchen work I never tire, - Pile the dishes up higher, higher.” - -Dishes were piled up to the ceiling. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire was so happy, he danced with glee. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire rapped on the door and the kitten called, -“Come in.” - -The Little Old Man stepped inside, and for the first time in four and -twenty hours, the little Kitten stopped work. - -Her gingham apron changed to an apron of gold. - -Her white cap changed to a gold crown. - -She became a real Princess. - -She had been under a spell until the Little Old Man of the Fire came in. - -They joined hands and ran merrily over hill and dale singing all the way. - -When the King saw the Princess he ordered a great wedding, and made her -Queen, and he gave the Little Old Man of the Fire miles and miles of sky -to burn every night. - -One day, long after that, the King asked the Queen “How did you happen to -like to work?” and she answered, “I said to myself, - - “I try to like the work I do, - Some day my wishes will come true.” - -The King said, - - “If we try to like our work, - Then I’m sure we’ll never shirk.” - -The King and Queen looked out at the evening sky, and they knew the -Little Old Man of the Fire was at work, for they saw a very beautiful -sunset. - -The story was ended. - -Uncle Mouser rocked to and fro. - -Old Mother Kit-Cat said, as her needles flew to and fro, “That does not -sound like a true story to me, it sounds to my old ears like a Fairy -Tale.” - -Uncle Mouser replied, “I can only tell the story as Aunt Tabby told it to -me.” - -If you guessed yesterday, and to-day, and to-morrow, you could not guess -what happened next. - -The Three Little Kittens slipped out of their three little rocking-chairs -and went “pit-a-pat,” into the kitchen. - -[Illustration: PUT THE DISHES IN NEAT PILES UPON THE TABLE] - -Twinkle Toes followed them waltzing every step of the way. - -They began to wash dishes. - -Splash, splash, went the water. - -Clatter, clatter went the supper dishes as Twinkle Toes put them in neat -piles on the table. - -The Three Little Kittens sang as they worked, - - “We like the suds and water sweet, - To wash the dishes is a treat.” - -Once more Old Mother Kit-Cat’s eyes grew as big as saucers, and she said -in a whisper, “I guess that was a true story after all.” - - - - -CHAPTER IV. - -VISIT TO OLD SHADOW - - -On Ground-Hog day in February, Dot cried, “Oh, Ma, may we go to visit Old -Shadow, the Ground-Hog?” - -Tot cried, “Oh, Ma, may we go out with our little travelling bags?” - -Trot stood first on one foot, then on the other, and said, “Ma cannot -hear herself think if we all talk at once.” - -Twinkle Toes said, “I think we can all take our travelling bags.” - -Mother Kit-Cat looked severely at the Three Little Kittens and said, “You -may go, if you will only remember to wear your mittens.” - -[Illustration: IT GREW DARKER AND DARKER IN OLD SHADOW’S BURROW] - -“Mittens, mittens, I will wear my magic mittens,” said Twinkle Toes. - -By this time Mother Kit-Cat had finished the mittens for Twinkle Toes. - -He put on his mittens and the Three Little Kittens all put on theirs, and -followed Twinkle Toes with a hop and a skip and a bound. - -It was a cold day in February, and the wind was blowing. - -Suddenly Dot, and Tot and Trot cried, “We are tired, we wish we were at -our journey’s end.” - -Twinkle Toes rubbed his mittens together and said, “I wish we were at Old -Shadow’s hole.” - -Then the funniest thing happened. - -In the twinkling of an eye, they were at Old Shadow’s hole, and there he -was, busily digging. - -He said, - - “Three Little Kittens I’m glad you came, - But old Woodchuck is my real name, - Now if “Old Shadow” you like better, - Call me that to the very letter.” - -Just then he caught sight of Twinkle Toes and said, - - “Here is a friend that everyone knows, - Our dear little, queer little Twinkle Toes.” - -The Three Little Kittens made a bow and said, - - “Old Shadow, answer the Three Little Kittens, - Did you ever wear our three pairs of mittens?” - -At that, the strangest thing happened, Old Shadow ran into his hole -calling, - - “You speak of mittens, you scare me so, - I do not know which way to go.” - -The Kittens all ran after him. - -The hole was funnel-shaped, and the passage-way grew smaller, and -smaller, and smaller, and wound in and out. - -By and by they saw Old Shadow at the far end, and he called, - - “Come inside, and take your ease, - But don’t disturb my digging, please.” - -By and by he stopped digging, and said, “Ha, ha, ha, let us measure -whiskers.” - -He had very long whiskers and was proud of them. - -“Come, help me dig, for we may then find some clover roots. How I do like -clover roots!” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round and then began to dig with a will, -to please Old Shadow. - -Dot soon said, “I must stop, for my paws are tired.” - -Tot said, “Oh dear, my paws were not made for digging.” - -Trot said, - - “We are Three Little Kittens, - Who once lost our mittens.” - -At the mention of the word, “mittens,” the most remarkable thing -happened. - -[Illustration: ALL THE ANIMALS WERE MARCHING, RIGHT FOOT, LEFT FOOT] - -Old Shadow took out his watch and cried, “It is quarter to spring, it is -quarter to spring. I must hurry, hurry, hurry or I will be too late to -meet Lady Spring.” - -Whisk! bound! He was out of his burrow before you could wink an eye lash! - -It was dark in the strange burrow, and Twinkle Toes and the Three Little -Kittens ran this way, and that way, trying to find the way out. - -The burrow had several rooms and they kept losing themselves every few -minutes. - -They could always hear the tinkle, tinkle, tinkle of the little bell that -hung from Twinkle Toes’ neck. - -Dot and Tot began to cry, but brave little Trot said, - - “Cheer up, kittens do not cry, - There’s a way out, if you but try.” - -It grew darker and darker in Old Shadow’s burrow, and I don’t know what -in the world they would have done, if Twinkle Toes had not thought of his -Magic Mittens. - -He thought of his mittens, and rubbed them gently saying, “I wish the -Little Old Man of the Fire would appear.” - -No sooner said, than done. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire appeared in his green cap and jacket of -yellow. - -His jacket shone with light and he sang, - - “Ha, ha, ha, I can’t help but sing, - It is planting time, and almost spring.” - -“Not in February,” said Dot. - -“Not in February,” said Tot. - -Brave little Trot said, - - “Don’t be alarmed Sir, we’re only kittens, - Who once on a time lost all our mittens.” - -Twinkle Toes said never a word, but his little bell went, “tinkle, -tinkle, tinkle,” every step he took. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire said, “I came upon you so suddenly, you -almost scared me out of a year’s growth. - -“I see Twinkle Toes, and Three Little Kittens, big as life and half as -natural. Ho, ho, so you do not think it is time for spring? Look above -you, see the roots growing.” - -Dot said, “Please show us the way out.” - -Tot said, “We are afraid of the dark, lead the way out.” - -Brave Little Trot said, “We will do a kindness for you, kind Sir, if you -will light us home.” - -Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire was full of mischief and he said - - “Once or twice most every year, - I naturally just disappear, - Your eyes as big as saucers, I see, - They are light enough for you and me.” - -Without another word the Little Old Man of the Fire disappeared. - -Dot and Tot began to cry softly into their little pocket handkerchiefs -and even Trot got his little pocket handkerchief out, but Twinkle Toes -waltzed round and round. - -Twinkle Toes said, - - “A misfortune is often what we make it, - Hark! to footsteps, I don’t mistake it.” - -Then he rubbed his Magic Mittens and wished for Uncle Mouser. - -They all listened. - -For steps were coming nearer, and nearer every minute. - -Uncle Mouser appeared at the opening of the burrow with the Little Old -Man of the Fire, whom he had caught, and now carried inside a lantern! - -Uncle Mouser shouted, - - “Have you seen three Kittens - Who once lost their mittens? - I’m looking also for Twinkle Toes, - There’s a bell that tinkles wherever he goes.” - -They all shouted, “Hurrah Uncle Mouser, here we are, here we are!” - -They lost no time getting out of Old Shadow’s burrow you may be sure, -and the Little Old Man of the Fire hopped merrily about in the lantern -singing, - - “It is fun away to roam, - But there is no place like home!” - -Uncle Mouser said, “It is not safe to go into deep burrows. Let me count, -are you all here?” - -[Illustration: THEY WERE MAKING A FLAG] - -[Illustration: THEY DREAMED THEY WERE SAILING AWAY] - -Twinkle Toes and the Three Little Kittens were so pleased to see Uncle -Mouser, they hugged and kissed him so hard, and jumped about so much, he -could not count them to save his life. - -He kept saying anxiously, “I hope I have you all here, two, three, or -four.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat stood in the doorway looking for them and she said, -“Oh Uncle Mouser, your red plush-lined basket is waiting for you.” - -She hugged and kissed Twinkle Toes, and the Three Little Kittens and gave -them some milk, and put them to bed. - -They talked a good deal in their sleep that night and Twinkle Toes said, - - “With travelling bags now we have found, - ’Tis safe to journey underground, - But very happy are the kittens, - Because I wore my Magic Mittens!” - -The Magic Mittens were very busy that night, they dusted everything in -Twinkle Toes’ room. They said in a sing-song kind of way. - - “You may know some things about Three Kittens, - But you know very little of Magic Mittens.” - -I wonder what the Magic Mittens meant, don’t you? - - - - -CHAPTER V. - -NAMING THE FLAG - - -Uncle Mouser and Twinkle Toes went home next day, and the Three Little -Kittens called “Good bye, good bye, good bye, come again soon to visit -us.” - -“Clip, clip, clip,” went Old Uncle Mouser’s cane as he went down the path. - -He called back, “I will come again, if I may sleep in my red plush-lined -basket.” - -Twinkle Toes went off waving his Magic Mittens and he waltzed round and -round. - -Old Mother Kit-Cat put on her sun-bonnet and took her market basket and -went to town. - -The Three Little Kittens wanted to go out sliding on the ice, but Mother -Kit-Cat had told them they must keep house while she was gone. - -It was very quiet in the house with company gone. - -It was very lonesome with Mother Kit-Cat away. - -They missed Twinkle Toes and said, “How we do wish Twinkle Toes would -come back.” - -The Little Old Man of the Fire suggested, - - “Three Little Kittens I think you’d better - Sit right down and compose a letter, - Ask him to come back, wherever he goes, - Your queer little, dear little, Twinkle Toes.” - -The Three Little Kittens did not know much about letter writing, but they -thought they would write a letter to Twinkle Toes and drop it in the -first mail that went out. - -They were going to ask him to come back and visit them. - -The Three Little Kittens drew their three little stools up to the table, -and they got out pen, paper and ink. - -Dot cried, “Oh, oh, oh, my pretty white fur.” - -Tot cried, “I am drowning in ink.” - -Trot cried, “Help, help.” - -Now what do you suppose had happened? - -They had upset the bottle of ink and it had splashed over their fur and -whiskers. The Little Old Man of the Fire cried, - - “Get a tub and rub-a-dub, - Get one this minute and put kittens in it.” - -The Three Little Kittens were not fond of a bath, but they got water and -filled the tub and jumped in. - -Such a rubbing and scrubbing you never saw. - -Soon they were out and drying by the fire. - -They sat down to start their letter over again when the Little Old Man of -the Fire cried, - - “For shame, you left a dirty tub, - Go clean it now, go rub and scrub.” - -They got cloths and tumbled into the tub, head-first and began to rub -and scrub, until they had it clean. - -They were so tired that Dot and Tot sat down then by the table, and began -to cry until they had cried a little stream of water, but Trot said, -“Will you cry a bowl full? Will you cry a tub full?” - -The Little Old Man of the Fire sputtered again and said, - - “’Tis pleasanter anyway, I think, - To write with pencil instead of ink!” - -At that very minute three little pencils sailed right down into the paws -of the Three Little Kittens. - -They did not write that letter that day. - -They did not write that letter the next day. - -They did not write that letter at all, for “rap a tap,” sounded on the -door, and Twinkle Toes and Uncle Mouser appeared, Old Mother Kit-Cat -right behind them. - -They said, - - “Don’t say you feel afraid, - Come out and join the big parade.” - -Sure enough, there was a big parade, and all the animals were marching, -right foot, left foot. - -The Three Little Kittens lost no time joining them, you may be sure. - -Because many of the animals had flags, they cried, “Oh we wish we had a -flag too.” - -Twinkle Toes did not think of his Magic Mittens that minute, they were -all so excited. - -They marched a mile through the woods and back again, and went with a -hop, and a skip, and a bound, back to their little wee house at the edge -of the woods. - -To their surprise they found Old Mother Kit-Cat had gotten back ahead of -them, and there she sat rocking to and fro crying, “Oh dear, oh dear.” - -“Get the doctor,” shouted Uncle Mouser. - -Twinkle Toes said, “Get the camphor.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat rocked to and fro, crying, “Oh me, oh my.” - -Dot and Tot said, “What is the matter, Ma.” - -Trot said, “I believe she wanted to march beneath her own flag of red, -white and blue.” - -Old Mother Kit-Cat said, - - “We’re too poor to buy a banner ’tis true, - We have no banner of red, white and blue.” - -At that very minute Twinkle Toes thought of his Magic Mittens, and he -wished that every one of their little travelling bags might be full of -red, white, and blue bunting. - -“Snip-snap,” they unclasped their little travelling bags. - -Out rolled yards and yards of bunting. - -The bunting was red, white and blue. - -Uncle Mouser said, “Thirteen stripes and forty-eight stars.” - -They begged him to tell a story about the flag, but he only said again, -adding a line to make a real verse, - - “Thirteen stripes and forty-eight stars, - Come, make this glorious flag of ours.” - -In less time than it takes to tell it, Old Uncle Mouser and Mother -Kit-Cat, and Twinkle Toes, were measuring the bunting to make a great big -flag. - -The Three Little Kittens got scissors that went “snip, snip, snip.” - -Now what do you suppose they were doing? - -They were making a flag of red, white, and blue. - -They were making a flag to wave outside the door. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire was so happy he kept singing patriotic -verses over and over, - - “Hurrah for the flag and our country too, - Hurrah for the flag red, white, and blue.” - -They cut out white stars and sewed them to the field of blue. - -The Little Old Man of the Fire said, - - “We’re true to the colors, the flag is ours, - With thirteen stripes and forty-eight stars.” - -When the flag was finished the Three Little Kittens begged to take it out -and Mother Kit-Cat said, - - “I must say “yes,” for you’ll beg any way, - To carry this flag for a year and a day.” - -Twinkle Toes marched ahead of the Three Little Kittens and they took -turns carrying the flag. - -All the animals bowed to them as they passed, and saluted the flag. - -When they got home again Old Mouser told them stories about the flag as -Twinkle Toes waved it to and fro. - -They all sang a little song that you can sing to the tune of “Lightly -Row.” - - “Bring the flag, bring the flag, - Wave it ever high above, - Bring the flag, bring the flag, - Flag that we all love, - Bonnie red, and white and blue, - To the colors we are true, - Bring the flag, bring the flag, - Wave it high above.” - -When night came, the Three Little Kittens dreamed that they were sailing -away in a sailboat with Uncle Mouser and Twinkle Toes, and that the -sailboat had a sail like our flag red, white, and blue. - -They thought that Mother Kit-Cat stood in the doorway to bid them -good bye, and that Uncle Mouser said he would come again if his red -plush-lined basket was waiting for him. - -If you close your eyes you may join them too and sail away, away, away. - -You may even hear the bell that Twinkle Toes wears “tinkle, tinkle, -tinkle.” - -I can hear the little bell sing, - - “Who goes to the home of the Three Little Kittens? 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R. Morgan</p> - -<p class="caption"><span class="smcap">Whitman Publishing Co.</span><br /> -RACINE, WISCONSIN</p> - -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_4"></a>[4]</span></p> - -<p class="titlepage smaller">COPYRIGHT 1919 BY<br /> -<span class="smcap">Whitman Publishing Co.</span><br /> -RACINE, WISCONSIN</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_5"></a>[5]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak">Table of Contents</h2> - -</div> - -<table summary="Contents"> - <tr> - <td class="tdr">I</td> - <td><span class="smcap">In the Hollow Tree</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_I">9</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdr">II</td> - <td><span class="smcap">Earning Money</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_II">25</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdr">III</td> - <td><span class="smcap">Uncle Mouser’s Story</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_III">39</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdr">IV</td> - <td><span class="smcap">A Visit to Old Shadow</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_IV">49</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td class="tdr">V</td> - <td><span class="smcap">Naming the Flag</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#CHAPTER_V">66</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_6"></a>[6]</span></p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_7"></a>[7]</span></p> - -<h2 class="nobreak">List of Illustrations</h2> - -</div> - -<table summary="List of illustrations"> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Twinkle Toes Liked to Gather His Animal Friends About Him</span></td> - <td class="tdpg smaller"><a href="#illus1"><span class="smcap">Frontispiece</span></a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">He Gave Each of the Three Little Kittens a New Traveling Bag</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus2">14</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Chip, Chip, Chip, Into Our Tree</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus3">15</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">The Three Little Chairs in Which They Sat Turned Round</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus4">19</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Twinkle Toes was Dreaming About a Pair of Magic Mittens</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus5">27</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Twinkle Toes Worked Three Times as Fast Clearing Paths</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus6">31</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Once Upon a Time the Old Man of the Fire Said to the King</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus7">42</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">Put the Dishes in Neat Piles Upon the Table</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus8">47</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">It Grew Darker and Darker in Old Shadow’s Burrow</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus9">50</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">All the Animals Were Marching, Right Foot, Left Foot</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus10">55</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">They Were Making a Flag</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus11">62</a></td> - </tr> - <tr> - <td><span class="smcap">They Dreamed They Were Sailing Away</span></td> - <td class="tdpg"><a href="#illus12">63</a></td> - </tr> -</table> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_8"></a>[8]</span></p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_9"></a>[9]</span></p> - -<h1>Twinkle Toes and His Magic Mittens</h1> - -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/header1.jpg" width="500" height="60" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_I">CHAPTER I.<br /> -<span class="smaller">IN THE HOLLOW TREE</span></h2> - -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes lived with Uncle Mouser -in a little wee house in the woods, -and as he ran in and out in the twinkling -of an eye, every one called him -Twinkle Toes.</p> - -<p>He liked to travel about and to meet -his friends, so on his second birthday, -Uncle Mouser gave him a fine new travelling -bag, with his initials upon it.</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes, like Uncle Mouser was -quite a story-teller. He liked to run about -in the woods at twilight and gather his -animal friends about him, and tell stories.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_10"></a>[10]</span></p> - -<p>Most of all, however, he liked to travel -through the woods with his new travelling -bag.</p> - -<p>One evening he started out through the -woods and ran on until he came to the -home of the THREE LITTLE KITTENS -WHO LOST THEIR MITTENS.</p> - -<p>He rapped on the door, rap-a-tap-rap-a-tap.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens were at home, -and they cried in turn, “May I go? Ma, -may I go?”</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat opened the door -herself, and in waltzed Twinkle Toes with -his travelling bag.</p> - -<p>They made him welcome you may be -sure, and Dot and Tot and Trot cried,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_11"></a>[11]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“You’re a story-teller, we suppose,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Do tell us a story, Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then Twinkle Toes jumped right over -the travelling bag, with the letters “T-T” -upon it, and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“To have a story you are bound,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">We’ll see if any can be found!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>He opened his travelling bag, and took -out another travelling bag, a little smaller. -He opened the second bag and took out -another, and another.</p> - -<p>He gave each of the Three Little Kittens -a new travelling bag.</p> - -<p>Each bag had the Kitten’s initials upon -it.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens were happy -you may be sure, and marched round and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_12"></a>[12]</span> -round the room with their new travelling -bags.</p> - -<p>They begged for a story again, but -Twinkle Toes only said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Go off to bed with a skip and a run,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With the travelling bag, our story’s begun.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens called, “Good -night Ma, good night Twinkle Toes,” and -they went merrily off to bed.</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes slept in Old Uncle -Mouser’s red plush-lined basket by the -fire.</p> - -<p>Next morning the Three Little Kittens -begged to go with Twinkle Toes on a -journey.</p> - -<p>Mother Kit-Cat said,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_13"></a>[13]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Dear Little Kittens you are so funny,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">You may go—for the day is sunny.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed around trying to -catch his tail and the little bell, on the -little blue ribbon, round his neck went -tinkle, tinkle, tinkle!</p> - -<p>They all started off merrily, the Three -Little Kittens singing,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We’re Three Little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">We’ve no need of mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>“Don’t be so sure of that,” whistled the -Wind, and before they got home it nipped -their ears and paws, and blew their long -whiskers!</p> - -<p>Then Dot and Tot said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We were foolish Kittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To leave off our mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_14"></a>[14]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus2"> -<img src="images/illus2.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">HE GAVE EACH OF THE THREE LITTLE KITTENS A -NEW TRAVELING BAG</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_15"></a>[15]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus3"> -<img src="images/illus3.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">CHIP, CHIP, CHIP, COME INTO OUR TREE</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_16"></a>[16]</span></p> - -<p>Brave Little Trot said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Always put your best foot out,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Don’t think of things to cry about.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Sure enough, they soon forgot that they -were cold, they soon forgot that they had -left their mittens at home.</p> - -<p>They were wondering whom they would -visit, when they heard Three Little Curly-Tails -cry, “Chip, chip, chip, come into -our tree, come into our tree.”</p> - -<p>Dot and Tot and Trot made their best -bow and said politely,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We are Three Little Kittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who once lost our mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed around and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I am a friend whom everyone knows,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">My name is Little Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_17"></a>[17]</span></p> -<p>Old Mother Curly-Tail looked out from -her hole in the hollow tree, and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I give you invitation, hearty,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To step inside and join our party.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Even Twinkle Toes did not know how -a hollow tree looked inside.</p> - -<p>They all scrambled into the tree and -Mother Curly-Tail said, “Hurry, hurry, -hurry.”</p> - -<p>They helped for one hour and sixteen -minutes to store the Squirrels’ nuts away -for the winter.</p> - -<p>Then, a surprise awaited them for -Mother Curly-Tail said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Sing some verses if you’re able,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">In will roll the chairs and table.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They sang a song, and in rolled a table -and chairs for them all.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_18"></a>[18]</span></p> - -<p>They climbed up into the chairs and -Mother Curly-Tail said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Dishes will come if I don’t mistake it,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">And a politeness lesson, if you’ll take it.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>In came the dishes, knives, forks, and -spoons, and they all jumped to their proper -places upon the table.</p> - -<p>In came a kettle of food, smoking hot.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Curly-Tails said, “Oh -Ma, please help our plates first, we are so -hungry.”</p> - -<p>Mother Curly-Tail said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Visitors first, if you please,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Be polite, and do not tease.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Three Little Curly-Tails would not -wait, they were so hungry. They put their -paws in the kettle and burned them badly.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_19"></a>[19]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus4"> -<img src="images/illus4.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THE THREE LITTLE CHAIRS IN WHICH THEY SAT -TURNED ROUND</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_20"></a>[20]</span></p> - -<p>“Oh,” and “Ah,” they wailed.</p> - -<p>The three little chairs in which they -sat turned round and remained with their -backs to the table.</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes and the Three Little Kittens -began to eat the food put on their -plates, saying “Thank you” and “If you -please,” politely.</p> - -<p>By and by the three chairs, in which -the Three Little Curly-Tails sat, rolled back -into place, and they were given some sharp -nuts to crack with their sharp little teeth, -for by this time the food in the kettle -was all gone.</p> - -<p>Dot wanted to tell the story of the lost -mittens and began, “One day when we -were sliding on the ice.”</p> - -<p>At that very moment Mother Curly-Tail<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_21"></a>[21]</span> -jumped down from her chair, and whispered -in the ear of each little Curly-Tail.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Be polite to the Three Little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But don’t let them talk any more of their mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Tot wanted to tell about finding the -mittens, so she began,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“One day when we were sliding on the ice.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>“Oh, oh,” cried the Curly-Tails, “Did -you lose your rubbers? Did you lose your -hoods? Did you lose your overshoes?”</p> - -<p>“No,” said Trot, “We lost——”</p> - -<p>At that very minute the Curly-Tails -cried, “Come out and climb, come out and -climb.”</p> - -<p>No sooner said than done, they all ran<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_22"></a>[22]</span> -out of the hollow tree and jumped from -branch to branch.</p> - -<p>One after another cried,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Come, follow me to the tallest tree,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">It is very exciting as you see.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>By and by Twinkle Toes said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Back to mother everyone goes,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">When twilight comes, says Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They all took up their little travelling -bags and started to run home through the -woods.</p> - -<p>All at once they stopped still.</p> - -<p>They said, “We forgot to say good bye, -we forgot our manners.”</p> - -<p>Right about face, they all marched back -to the hollow tree and shouted,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_23"></a>[23]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“To be polite, we all will try,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Dear Little Curly-Tails, good bye.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The little Curly-Tails answered,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Come again to have a play,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Call on us another day.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat stood in the doorway -looking for them.</p> - -<p>She said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Dear Little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">You should wear your mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Sure enough, their paws were cold as -cold could be.</p> - -<p>Late that night Dot, and Tot, and Trot, -woke up and said, “We wonder why the -Curly-Tails did not want us to talk about -our mittens?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_24"></a>[24]</span></p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes called out sleepily from -Old Uncle Mouser’s red plush-lined basket,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Little Curly-Tails once wore the mittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Lost long ago, by Three Little Kittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>I don’t know whether he knew what he -was talking about or whether he was talking -in his sleep.</p> - -<p>He lay all curled up in the red, plush-lined -basket.</p> - -<p>He was dreaming about a pair of Magic -Mittens that would always fit and never -wear out.</p> - -<p>He said, “When will I get my Magic -Mittens?”</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_25"></a>[25]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/header2.jpg" width="500" height="60" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_II">CHAPTER II.<br /> -<span class="smaller">EARNING MONEY</span></h2> - -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes woke up early next -morning, and skipped about with his -travelling bag, singing,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“With travelling bag away he goes,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">So sings your little Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>“Let me go too, let me go too,” cried -the Three Little Kittens in one breath.</p> - -<p>They all had their little travelling bags -with them and they shouted,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“To Squirrel Town away we go,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Three Little Kittens, ha, ha, ho, ho.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>As it happened, they did not go to -Squirrel Town that day, nor the next, nor -the next, for Old Mother Kit-Cat said, -“Dot, Tot, Trot, you must earn some -money, so I can knit a pair of mittens -for Twinkle Toes.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_26"></a>[26]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus5"> -<img src="images/illus5.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">TWINKLE TOES WAS DREAMING ABOUT A PAIR OF -MAGIC MITTENS</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_27"></a>[27]</span></p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat’s rocking chair -went to and fro, to and fro, and all this -time her needles went “click, click click.”</p> - -<p>Dot and Tot said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Oh dear, oh dear, pray, what shall we do,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Mother Kit-Cat, to earn money for you?”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Brave Little Trot said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I’ll take my snow shovel, that’s what I’ll do,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Mother Kit-Cat, to earn pennies for you.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_28"></a>[28]</span></p> -<p>“Hurrah, hurrah,” cried Dot and Tot, -“we will all take our snow shovels and -go to the woods and shovel paths for the -animals!”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and -round, and suddenly without warning, -down came a little snow shovel, and he -put it over his shoulder and marched -merrily along.</p> - -<p>I don’t know whether it was a magic -snow shovel or not, but Twinkle Toes -worked three times as fast clearing paths -as the Three Little Kittens.</p> - -<p>“My furry tail, how cold it is!” said -Dot.</p> - -<p>“My long whiskers, how the wind -whistles,” said Tot.</p> - -<p>Brave little Trot said,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_29"></a>[29]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“If we will sing once in a while,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">It will shorten the longest mile.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round -while the Three Little Kittens shouted at -the top of their lungs in a sing-song way,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We are Three Little Kittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who once lost our mittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">We are Three Little Kittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who frolic and play,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">We are Three Little Kittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who once found our mittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">We are Three Little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">So cunning and gay.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>At this very minute, an astonishing -thing happened!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_30"></a>[30]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus6"> -<img src="images/illus6.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">TWINKLE TOES WORKED THREE TIMES AS FAST -CLEARING PATHS</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_31"></a>[31]</span></p> - -<p>A great deep growly voice cried,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Come shovel me out, you dear little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I’ll give you pennies to buy wool for mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They were by old Curly-Bear’s den.</p> - -<p>They were not a bit afraid.</p> - -<p>They all went to work with a will and -shoveled a good path to the old Bear’s -den.</p> - -<p>Then Curly-Bear reached out his paw -and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“When I heard Three Little Kittens sing,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I thought it was almost time for spring.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>He handed Trot six pennies and went -back into his den for another nap.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_32"></a>[32]</span></p> - -<p>“I wish we could sleep all winter,” said -Dot. Tot said, “I do miss my nice warm -mittens, why do I always forget to put -them on?”</p> - -<p>“Overshoes too, overshoes too,” laughed -the wind as he whistled by.</p> - -<p>They had all done enough shovelling of -snow that day, but next day they went to -the Ground Hog’s hole and he cried -sleepily,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Come shovel me out, you dear little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I’ll give you pennies to buy wool for mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They began to shovel with right good -will and all the while Old Shadow, the -Ground Hog was scolding about sunshine -and shadow.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_33"></a>[33]</span></p> - -<p>He said he could never tell whether -or not he would cast his shadow until he -came out of his hole.</p> - -<p>By and by he peeped out and gave -Trot the pennies, then he went back into -his hole for another nap.</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round, -and the Three Little Kittens went on -until they heard a voice cry:—</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Come shovel me out, you dear little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I’ll give you pennies to buy wool for mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They went to the Beaver’s house built -by the pond and worked away, and will -you believe it, the Beaver said all the -time, “Work like a Beaver, work like a<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_34"></a>[34]</span> -Beaver. Some day we may tell you how -we build our homes, but don’t come too -near, for we are very shy.”</p> - -<p>The Beaver tossed six pennies out of -his window and called “Good bye” as the -Three Little Kittens trudged merrily down -the road.</p> - -<p>“My shovel gets heavier every minute,” -said Dot.</p> - -<p>“I cannot walk another step, I am most -frozen,” said Tot.</p> - -<p>Brave Little Trot said, “We will keep -on a few steps more and maybe we will -meet some of our friends, or cousins, or -uncles, or aunts.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round.</p> - -<p>Just then, was heard the “Jingle, jingle,<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_35"></a>[35]</span> -jingle,” of sleighbells. Some one was coming -in a sleigh.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens stood in the -road waving their snow shovels, and they -blocked the path.</p> - -<p>The sleigh came nearer, and nearer, -every minute.</p> - -<p>When Twinkle Toes saw who was in -the sleigh he set up a shout, “It is Old -Uncle Mouser, stop him, stop him.”</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser was pleased to see his -old friends you may be sure and he said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Creep under my fur robe, as still as a mouse,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Then home we will ride to your own little house.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>No sooner said than done, they all<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_36"></a>[36]</span> -scrambled under the warm fur robe and -rode away, away, away, to the home of -the Three Little Kittens.</p> - -<p>When they arrived Old Mother Kit-Cat -stood in the doorway looking for them.</p> - -<p>She was delighted to see Uncle Mouser -again and he said he would stay, if he -could sleep in his red plush-lined basket.</p> - -<p>Such a shaking of snow as there was -from fur and whiskers, and Trot gave Old -Mother Kit-Cat the pennies they had -earned.</p> - -<p>When they were all ready to go to sleep -Dot said, “We forgot to ask Curly-Bear if -he had ever seen our mittens.”</p> - -<p>Tot said, “We forgot to ask Old Shadow -if he had seen our mittens, that time they -were lost so long.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_37"></a>[37]</span></p> - -<p>Trot said, “Perhaps Billy Beaver could -have told us something about them.”</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Hush, be still, ’tis time to sleep,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Three Little Kittens, quiet keep.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes and Old Mouser were already -asleep.</p> - -<p>They lay side by side in the red plush-lined -basket.</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat had already started -a pair of mittens for Twinkle Toes, but she -needed yarn to finish them.</p> - -<p>She said, “I will send the Three Little -Kittens for yarn to-morrow.”</p> - -<p>She was not at all sleepy, so she thought -she would finish one of the mittens she -had started.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_38"></a>[38]</span></p> - -<p>She took up her needles, and to her -surprise, they went to and fro, to and fro, -in her paws and in less than a twinkling -of an eye, one mitten was finished.</p> - -<p>“By my furry tail,” said Mother Kit-Cat, -that must be a magic mitten after all. -“Perhaps this is one of the magic mittens -Twinkle Toes has been talking about.”</p> - -<p>Then, to her surprise the finished mitten -began to sing,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“When you do good deeds for others,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Fathers, sisters, cousins, mothers,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Even helpful things for kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">You may wear some magic mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat was not sure -whether she was asleep or dreaming, for -all the rest of the family had gone to -dreamland.</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_39"></a>[39]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/header1.jpg" width="500" height="60" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_III">CHAPTER III.<br /> -<span class="smaller">UNCLE MOUSER’S STORY</span></h2> - -</div> - -<p>The next day passed very quickly, for -the Three Little Kittens went to town -to buy yarn for mittens for Twinkle Toes.</p> - -<p>When evening came, they all sat round -the fire and the Three Little Kittens -danced up and down before Uncle Mouser, -and Twinkle Toes danced round and round.</p> - -<p>They all said, “Please tell us a story.”</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser answered,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I will tell you a story in prose and rhyme,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">For I make up stories just half my time.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens danced up and<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_40"></a>[40]</span> -down and cried, “Tell us a true story, tell -us something that really, truly happened.”</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser rocked to and fro, to -and fro, in the little rocking chair and -said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I would not like to see you in tears,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">So I’ll think back for several years.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>“Oh Uncle Mouser, oh Uncle Mouser,” -cried the Three Little Kittens, “we cannot -wait years and years for a story.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round.</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat’s needles went -“click, click, click.”</p> - -<p>By and by Old Uncle Mouser said, “By -my whiskers, I do know one true story -about a little kitten, who liked to wash -dishes, and do kitchen work.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_41"></a>[41]</span></p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat stopped knitting -suddenly, and leaned forward and her eyes -grew as big as saucers.</p> - -<p>She said, “Did you say, liked to wash -dishes and do kitchen work?”</p> - -<p>Old Uncle Mouser answered, “I will tell -you the story as it was told me by my -old Aunt Tabby.” Then he began.</p> - -<p>Once upon a time the Old Man of the -Fire said to the King, “I wonder if any -kitten in the world likes to wash dishes -and do kitchen work?”</p> - -<p>The King said, it could not be possible -that any kitten liked to do these -things, so the Little Old Man of the Fire -said, “I travel everywhere over hill and -dale, and wherever a fire is, there am I. -What will you give me if I find a kitten -who likes to do kitchen work?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_42"></a>[42]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus7"> -<img src="images/illus7.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">ONCE UPON A TIME THE OLD MAN OF THE FIRE -SAID TO THE KING</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_43"></a>[43]</span></p> - -<p>The King replied, “I will give you a -thousand miles of sun to burn morning -and evening.”</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire ran -over hill and dale singing,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I am the Little Old Man of the Fire,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Ha, ha, I am happy, I never tire.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>My! what a long search he had.</p> - -<p>He found plenty of kittens who hated -to do kitchen work, and he was afraid they -all hated to wash dishes.</p> - -<p>He was about to give up the search, -when one night he saw a light on a far -hill, twinkle, twinkle.</p> - -<p>He followed the light and soon came -to a little wee house on the hill.</p> - -<p>A little Kitten was singing,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_44"></a>[44]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Pile the dishes up higher, higher,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Bring in the wood and make more fire,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Of kitchen work I never tire,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Pile the dishes up higher, higher.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Dishes were piled up to the ceiling.</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire was -so happy, he danced with glee.</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire rapped -on the door and the kitten called, “Come -in.”</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man stepped inside, and -for the first time in four and twenty hours, -the little Kitten stopped work.</p> - -<p>Her gingham apron changed to an -apron of gold.</p> - -<p>Her white cap changed to a gold crown.</p> - -<p>She became a real Princess.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_45"></a>[45]</span></p> - -<p>She had been under a spell until the -Little Old Man of the Fire came in.</p> - -<p>They joined hands and ran merrily -over hill and dale singing all the way.</p> - -<p>When the King saw the Princess he -ordered a great wedding, and made her -Queen, and he gave the Little Old Man of -the Fire miles and miles of sky to burn -every night.</p> - -<p>One day, long after that, the King -asked the Queen “How did you happen -to like to work?” and she answered, “I -said to myself,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I try to like the work I do,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Some day my wishes will come true.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The King said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“If we try to like our work,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Then I’m sure we’ll never shirk.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_46"></a>[46]</span></p> -<p>The King and Queen looked out at the -evening sky, and they knew the Little Old -Man of the Fire was at work, for they saw -a very beautiful sunset.</p> - -<p>The story was ended.</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser rocked to and fro.</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat said, as her needles -flew to and fro, “That does not sound like -a true story to me, it sounds to my old -ears like a Fairy Tale.”</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser replied, “I can only tell -the story as Aunt Tabby told it to me.”</p> - -<p>If you guessed yesterday, and to-day, -and to-morrow, you could not guess what -happened next.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens slipped out of -their three little rocking-chairs and went -“pit-a-pat,” into the kitchen.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_47"></a>[47]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus8"> -<img src="images/illus8.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">PUT THE DISHES IN NEAT PILES UPON THE TABLE</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_48"></a>[48]</span></p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes followed them waltzing -every step of the way.</p> - -<p>They began to wash dishes.</p> - -<p>Splash, splash, went the water.</p> - -<p>Clatter, clatter went the supper dishes -as Twinkle Toes put them in neat piles -on the table.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens sang as they -worked,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We like the suds and water sweet,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To wash the dishes is a treat.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Once more Old Mother Kit-Cat’s eyes -grew as big as saucers, and she said in a -whisper, “I guess that was a true story -after all.”</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_49"></a>[49]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/header2.jpg" width="500" height="60" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_IV">CHAPTER IV.<br /> -<span class="smaller">VISIT TO OLD SHADOW</span></h2> - -</div> - -<p>On Ground-Hog day in February, -Dot cried, “Oh, Ma, may we go to -visit Old Shadow, the Ground-Hog?”</p> - -<p>Tot cried, “Oh, Ma, may we go out -with our little travelling bags?”</p> - -<p>Trot stood first on one foot, then on -the other, and said, “Ma cannot hear herself -think if we all talk at once.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes said, “I think we can all -take our travelling bags.”</p> - -<p>Mother Kit-Cat looked severely at the -Three Little Kittens and said, “You may -go, if you will only remember to wear -your mittens.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_50"></a>[50]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus9"> -<img src="images/illus9.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">IT GREW DARKER AND DARKER IN OLD -SHADOW’S BURROW</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_51"></a>[51]</span></p> - -<p>“Mittens, mittens, I will wear my magic -mittens,” said Twinkle Toes.</p> - -<p>By this time Mother Kit-Cat had finished -the mittens for Twinkle Toes.</p> - -<p>He put on his mittens and the Three -Little Kittens all put on theirs, and followed -Twinkle Toes with a hop and a skip -and a bound.</p> - -<p>It was a cold day in February, and the -wind was blowing.</p> - -<p>Suddenly Dot, and Tot and Trot cried, -“We are tired, we wish we were at our -journey’s end.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes rubbed his mittens together -and said, “I wish we were at Old -Shadow’s hole.”</p> - -<p>Then the funniest thing happened.</p> - -<p>In the twinkling of an eye, they were<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_52"></a>[52]</span> -at Old Shadow’s hole, and there he was, -busily digging.</p> - -<p>He said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Three Little Kittens I’m glad you came,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But old Woodchuck is my real name,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Now if “Old Shadow” you like better,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Call me that to the very letter.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Just then he caught sight of Twinkle -Toes and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Here is a friend that everyone knows,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Our dear little, queer little Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens made a bow -and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Old Shadow, answer the Three Little Kittens,</div><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_53"></a>[53]</span> - <div class="verse indent0">Did you ever wear our three pairs of mittens?”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>At that, the strangest thing happened, -Old Shadow ran into his hole calling,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“You speak of mittens, you scare me so,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I do not know which way to go.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Kittens all ran after him.</p> - -<p>The hole was funnel-shaped, and the -passage-way grew smaller, and smaller, and -smaller, and wound in and out.</p> - -<p>By and by they saw Old Shadow at the -far end, and he called,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Come inside, and take your ease,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But don’t disturb my digging, please.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>By and by he stopped digging, and said, -“Ha, ha, ha, let us measure whiskers.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_54"></a>[54]</span></p> - -<p>He had very long whiskers and was -proud of them.</p> - -<p>“Come, help me dig, for we may then -find some clover roots. How I do like -clover roots!”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round -and then began to dig with a will, to -please Old Shadow.</p> - -<p>Dot soon said, “I must stop, for my -paws are tired.”</p> - -<p>Tot said, “Oh dear, my paws were not -made for digging.”</p> - -<p>Trot said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We are Three Little Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who once lost our mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>At the mention of the word, “mittens,” -the most remarkable thing happened.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_55"></a>[55]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus10"> -<img src="images/illus10.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">ALL THE ANIMALS WERE MARCHING, RIGHT FOOT, -LEFT FOOT</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_56"></a>[56]</span></p> - -<p>Old Shadow took out his watch and -cried, “It is quarter to spring, it is quarter -to spring. I must hurry, hurry, hurry -or I will be too late to meet Lady Spring.”</p> - -<p>Whisk! bound! He was out of his burrow -before you could wink an eye lash!</p> - -<p>It was dark in the strange burrow, and -Twinkle Toes and the Three Little Kittens -ran this way, and that way, trying to find -the way out.</p> - -<p>The burrow had several rooms and they -kept losing themselves every few minutes.</p> - -<p>They could always hear the tinkle, -tinkle, tinkle of the little bell that hung -from Twinkle Toes’ neck.</p> - -<p>Dot and Tot began to cry, but brave -little Trot said,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_57"></a>[57]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Cheer up, kittens do not cry,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">There’s a way out, if you but try.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>It grew darker and darker in Old -Shadow’s burrow, and I don’t know what -in the world they would have done, if -Twinkle Toes had not thought of his Magic -Mittens.</p> - -<p>He thought of his mittens, and rubbed -them gently saying, “I wish the Little Old -Man of the Fire would appear.”</p> - -<p>No sooner said, than done.</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire appeared -in his green cap and jacket of yellow.</p> - -<p>His jacket shone with light and he -sang,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Ha, ha, ha, I can’t help but sing,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">It is planting time, and almost spring.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_58"></a>[58]</span></p> -<p>“Not in February,” said Dot.</p> - -<p>“Not in February,” said Tot.</p> - -<p>Brave little Trot said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Don’t be alarmed Sir, we’re only kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who once on a time lost all our mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes said never a word, but -his little bell went, “tinkle, tinkle, tinkle,” -every step he took.</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire said, -“I came upon you so suddenly, you almost -scared me out of a year’s growth.</p> - -<p>“I see Twinkle Toes, and Three Little -Kittens, big as life and half as natural. -Ho, ho, so you do not think it is time for -spring? Look above you, see the roots -growing.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_59"></a>[59]</span></p> - -<p>Dot said, “Please show us the way out.”</p> - -<p>Tot said, “We are afraid of the dark, -lead the way out.”</p> - -<p>Brave Little Trot said, “We will do a -kindness for you, kind Sir, if you will -light us home.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes waltzed round and round.</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire was -full of mischief and he said</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Once or twice most every year,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I naturally just disappear,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Your eyes as big as saucers, I see,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">They are light enough for you and me.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Without another word the Little Old -Man of the Fire disappeared.</p> - -<p>Dot and Tot began to cry softly into<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_60"></a>[60]</span> -their little pocket handkerchiefs and even -Trot got his little pocket handkerchief out, -but Twinkle Toes waltzed round and -round.</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“A misfortune is often what we make it,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Hark! to footsteps, I don’t mistake it.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Then he rubbed his Magic Mittens and -wished for Uncle Mouser.</p> - -<p>They all listened.</p> - -<p>For steps were coming nearer, and nearer -every minute.</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser appeared at the opening -of the burrow with the Little Old Man of -the Fire, whom he had caught, and now -carried inside a lantern!</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_61"></a>[61]</span></p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser shouted,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Have you seen three Kittens</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who once lost their mittens?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">I’m looking also for Twinkle Toes,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">There’s a bell that tinkles wherever he goes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They all shouted, “Hurrah Uncle Mouser, -here we are, here we are!”</p> - -<p>They lost no time getting out of Old -Shadow’s burrow you may be sure, and -the Little Old Man of the Fire hopped -merrily about in the lantern singing,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“It is fun away to roam,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But there is no place like home!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Uncle Mouser said, “It is not safe to -go into deep burrows. Let me count, are -you all here?”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_62"></a>[62]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus11"> -<img src="images/illus11.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THEY WERE MAKING A FLAG</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_63"></a>[63]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 550px;" id="illus12"> -<img src="images/illus12.jpg" width="550" height="700" alt="" /> -<p class="caption">THEY DREAMED THEY WERE SAILING AWAY</p> -</div> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_64"></a>[64]</span></p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes and the Three Little -Kittens were so pleased to see Uncle -Mouser, they hugged and kissed him so -hard, and jumped about so much, he could -not count them to save his life.</p> - -<p>He kept saying anxiously, “I hope I -have you all here, two, three, or four.”</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat stood in the doorway -looking for them and she said, “Oh -Uncle Mouser, your red plush-lined basket -is waiting for you.”</p> - -<p>She hugged and kissed Twinkle Toes, -and the Three Little Kittens and gave -them some milk, and put them to bed.</p> - -<p>They talked a good deal in their sleep -that night and Twinkle Toes said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“With travelling bags now we have found,</div><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_65"></a>[65]</span> - <div class="verse indent0">’Tis safe to journey underground,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But very happy are the kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Because I wore my Magic Mittens!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Magic Mittens were very busy that -night, they dusted everything in Twinkle -Toes’ room. They said in a sing-song kind -of way.</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“You may know some things about Three Kittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">But you know very little of Magic Mittens.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>I wonder what the Magic Mittens -meant, don’t you?</p> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="chapter"> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_66"></a>[66]</span></p> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 500px;"> -<img src="images/header1.jpg" width="500" height="60" alt="" /> -</div> - -<h2 class="nobreak" id="CHAPTER_V">CHAPTER V.<br /> -<span class="smaller">NAMING THE FLAG</span></h2> - -</div> - -<p>Uncle Mouser and Twinkle Toes went -home next day, and the Three Little -Kittens called “Good bye, good bye, good -bye, come again soon to visit us.”</p> - -<p>“Clip, clip, clip,” went Old Uncle Mouser’s -cane as he went down the path.</p> - -<p>He called back, “I will come again, if -I may sleep in my red plush-lined basket.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes went off waving his Magic -Mittens and he waltzed round and round.</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat put on her sun-bonnet -and took her market basket and -went to town.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens wanted to go<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_67"></a>[67]</span> -out sliding on the ice, but Mother Kit-Cat -had told them they must keep house while -she was gone.</p> - -<p>It was very quiet in the house with -company gone.</p> - -<p>It was very lonesome with Mother Kit-Cat -away.</p> - -<p>They missed Twinkle Toes and said, -“How we do wish Twinkle Toes would -come back.”</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire suggested,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Three Little Kittens I think you’d better</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Sit right down and compose a letter,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Ask him to come back, wherever he goes,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Your queer little, dear little, Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_68"></a>[68]</span></p> -<p>The Three Little Kittens did not know -much about letter writing, but they thought -they would write a letter to Twinkle Toes -and drop it in the first mail that went -out.</p> - -<p>They were going to ask him to come -back and visit them.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens drew their -three little stools up to the table, and -they got out pen, paper and ink.</p> - -<p>Dot cried, “Oh, oh, oh, my pretty -white fur.”</p> - -<p>Tot cried, “I am drowning in ink.”</p> - -<p>Trot cried, “Help, help.”</p> - -<p>Now what do you suppose had happened?</p> - -<p>They had upset the bottle of ink and it -had splashed over their fur and whiskers.<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_69"></a>[69]</span> -The Little Old Man of the Fire cried,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Get a tub and rub-a-dub,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Get one this minute and put kittens in it.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens were not fond -of a bath, but they got water and filled -the tub and jumped in.</p> - -<p>Such a rubbing and scrubbing you -never saw.</p> - -<p>Soon they were out and drying by the -fire.</p> - -<p>They sat down to start their letter over -again when the Little Old Man of the Fire -cried,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“For shame, you left a dirty tub,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Go clean it now, go rub and scrub.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They got cloths and tumbled into the<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_70"></a>[70]</span> -tub, head-first and began to rub and scrub, -until they had it clean.</p> - -<p>They were so tired that Dot and Tot -sat down then by the table, and began to -cry until they had cried a little stream of -water, but Trot said, “Will you cry a bowl -full? Will you cry a tub full?”</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire sputtered -again and said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“’Tis pleasanter anyway, I think,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To write with pencil instead of ink!”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>At that very minute three little pencils -sailed right down into the paws of the -Three Little Kittens.</p> - -<p>They did not write that letter that day.</p> - -<p>They did not write that letter the next -day.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_71"></a>[71]</span></p> - -<p>They did not write that letter at all, -for “rap a tap,” sounded on the door, and -Twinkle Toes and Uncle Mouser appeared, -Old Mother Kit-Cat right behind them.</p> - -<p>They said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Don’t say you feel afraid,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Come out and join the big parade.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Sure enough, there was a big parade, -and all the animals were marching, right -foot, left foot.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens lost no time -joining them, you may be sure.</p> - -<p>Because many of the animals had flags, -they cried, “Oh we wish we had a flag -too.”</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes did not think of his -Magic Mittens that minute, they were all -so excited.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_72"></a>[72]</span></p> - -<p>They marched a mile through the -woods and back again, and went with a -hop, and a skip, and a bound, back to -their little wee house at the edge of the -woods.</p> - -<p>To their surprise they found Old Mother -Kit-Cat had gotten back ahead of them, -and there she sat rocking to and fro crying, -“Oh dear, oh dear.”</p> - -<p>“Get the doctor,” shouted Uncle Mouser.</p> - -<p>Twinkle Toes said, “Get the camphor.”</p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat rocked to and fro, -crying, “Oh me, oh my.”</p> - -<p>Dot and Tot said, “What is the matter, -Ma.”</p> - -<p>Trot said, “I believe she wanted to -march beneath her own flag of red, white -and blue.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_73"></a>[73]</span></p> - -<p>Old Mother Kit-Cat said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We’re too poor to buy a banner ’tis true,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">We have no banner of red, white and blue.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>At that very minute Twinkle Toes -thought of his Magic Mittens, and he -wished that every one of their little travelling -bags might be full of red, white, and -blue bunting.</p> - -<p>“Snip-snap,” they unclasped their little -travelling bags.</p> - -<p>Out rolled yards and yards of bunting.</p> - -<p>The bunting was red, white and blue.</p> - -<p>Uncle Mouser said, “Thirteen stripes -and forty-eight stars.”</p> - -<p>They begged him to tell a story about<span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_74"></a>[74]</span> -the flag, but he only said again, adding a -line to make a real verse,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Thirteen stripes and forty-eight stars,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Come, make this glorious flag of ours.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>In less time than it takes to tell it, -Old Uncle Mouser and Mother Kit-Cat, and -Twinkle Toes, were measuring the bunting -to make a great big flag.</p> - -<p>The Three Little Kittens got scissors -that went “snip, snip, snip.”</p> - -<p>Now what do you suppose they were -doing?</p> - -<p>They were making a flag of red, white, -and blue.</p> - -<p>They were making a flag to wave outside -the door.</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_75"></a>[75]</span></p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire was so -happy he kept singing patriotic verses over -and over,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Hurrah for the flag and our country too,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Hurrah for the flag red, white, and blue.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>They cut out white stars and sewed -them to the field of blue.</p> - -<p>The Little Old Man of the Fire said,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“We’re true to the colors, the flag is ours,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">With thirteen stripes and forty-eight stars.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>When the flag was finished the Three -Little Kittens begged to take it out and -Mother Kit-Cat said,</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_76"></a>[76]</span></p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“I must say “yes,” for you’ll beg any way,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To carry this flag for a year and a day.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>Twinkle Toes marched ahead of the -Three Little Kittens and they took turns -carrying the flag.</p> - -<p>All the animals bowed to them as they -passed, and saluted the flag.</p> - -<p>When they got home again Old Mouser -told them stories about the flag as Twinkle -Toes waved it to and fro.</p> - -<p>They all sang a little song that you can -sing to the tune of “Lightly Row.”</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Bring the flag, bring the flag,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Wave it ever high above,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Bring the flag, bring the flag,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Flag that we all love,</div><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_77"></a>[77]</span> - <div class="verse indent0">Bonnie red, and white and blue,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">To the colors we are true,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Bring the flag, bring the flag,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Wave it high above.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<p>When night came, the Three Little -Kittens dreamed that they were sailing -away in a sailboat with Uncle Mouser and -Twinkle Toes, and that the sailboat had a -sail like our flag red, white, and blue.</p> - -<p>They thought that Mother Kit-Cat stood -in the doorway to bid them good bye, and -that Uncle Mouser said he would come -again if his red plush-lined basket was -waiting for him.</p> - -<p>If you close your eyes you may join -them too and sail away, away, away.</p> - -<p>You may even hear the bell that -Twinkle Toes wears “tinkle, tinkle, tinkle.”</p> - -<p><span class="pagenum"><a id="Page_78"></a>[78]</span></p> - -<p>I can hear the little bell sing,</p> - -<div class="poetry-container"> -<div class="poetry"> - <div class="stanza"> - <div class="verse indent0">“Who goes to the home of the Three Little Kittens?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Twinkle Toes with his new Magic Mittens,</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Who has kind friends as everyone knows?</div> - <div class="verse indent0">Our dear little, queer little, Twinkle Toes.”</div> - </div> -</div> -</div> - -<hr class="chap x-ebookmaker-drop" /> - -<div class="figcenter" style="width: 700px;"> -<img src="images/endpaper.jpg" width="700" height="500" alt="" /> -</div> - 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