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    THE PATIENT

    CAT
    By Laura Richards
     WHEN the spotted cat first found the nest, there was
    nothing in it, for it was only just finished. So she said, I will wait! for she
    was a patient cat, and the summer was before her. She waited a week, and
    then she climbed up again to the top of the tree, and peeped into the nest.
    There lay two lovely blue eggs, smooth and shining.
     The spotted cat said, Eggs may be good, but young birds are better. I
    will wait. So she waited; and while she was waiting, she caught mice and
    rats, and washed herself and slept, and did all that a spotted cat should do
    to pass the time away.
     When another week had passed, she climbed the tree again and
    peeped into the nest. This time there were five eggs. But the spotted cat
    said again, Eggs may be good, but young birds are better. I will wait a little
    longer!
     So she waited a little longer and then went up again to look. Ah! there
    were five tiny birds, with big eyes and long necks, and yellow beaks wide
    open. Then the spotted cat sat down on the branch, and licked her nose
    and purred, for she was very happy. It is worth while to be patient! she
    said.
     But when she looked again at the young birds, to see which one she
    should take first, she saw that they were very thin, oh, very, very thin they
    were! The spotted cat had never seen anything so thin in her life.
     Now, she said to herself, if I were to wait only a few days longer,
    they would grow fat. Thin birds may be good, but fat birds are much
    better. I will wait!

     So she waited; and she watched the father-bird bringing worms all
    day long to the nest, and said, Aha! they must be fattening fast! they
    will soon be as fat as I wish them to be. Aha! what a good thing it is to
    be patient.

     At last, one day she thought, Surely, now they must be fat
    enough! I will not wait another day. Aha! how good they will be!

     So she climbed up the tree, licking her chops all the way and
    thinking of the fat young birds. And when she reached the top and
    looked into the nest, it was empty!!

     Then the spotted cat sat down on the branch and spoke thus,
    Well, of all the horrid, mean, ungrateful creatures I ever saw, those
    birds are the horridest, and the meanest, and the most ungrateful! Mi-
    a-u-ow!!!!

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