While their mother was searching the house, Moppet and Mittens had got into mischief.
Tabitha became more and more distracted, and mewed dreadfully. Certainly there were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared at night-especially cheese and bacon. Some of the walls were four feet thick, and there used to be queer noises inside them, as if there might be a little secret staircase. It was an old, old house, full of cupboards and passages. She went right upstairs and looked into the attics, but she could not find him anywhere. She looked in the pantry under the staircase, and she searched the best spare bedroom that was all covered up with dust sheets. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom Kitten. She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard.
She used to lose her kittens continually, and whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! Tabitha Twitchit, who was an anxious parent. ONCE upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. IN REMEMBRANCE OF "SAMMY," THE INTELLIGENT PINK-EYED REPRESENTATIVE OF A PERSECUTED (BUT IRREPRESSIBLE) RACE.
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