Part 5 (1/2)

The big cat slid down the big basswood tree and when he ca on top of his old ho ”Chip! Chip!” as loudly as he could scream

”Ho! Ho!” said the Maltese cat, ”there is a striped squirrel forcat tiptoed towards Mister Gabriel Chip cat all the while, and he was all ready to ju snapped, and Robert Robin looked and saw an ani, and he was out for a walk

The big bulldog did not like cats, and if there was any one thing which he liked to do, it was to chase cats He did like to see the Maltese cat, he said ”Woof!” and the big cat forgot all about Mister Chipot all about Robert Robin, and ran for the fence

”Woof! Woof!” roared the bulldog ”Pstt! Pstt!” said the cat, and the cat juh the fence, and the cat juh the fence, and then the cat ran up an el put both of his front paws against the tree, and said ”Woof! Woof! Woof!” Then the dog sat down and barked at the cat, and the cat laid his ears back close to his head and growled at the dog

The big bulldog laughed and showed all his teeth and said, ”Come down and take a walk, Kitty! Co sat down and waited three hours for the cat to come down

The farmer's Maltese cat did not like to stay in the elet into his ears, but the dog was sitting in the shade, and he was thinking to hiive hi those fraidy cats run!”

Robert Robin did not like to have the far ”Tut! Tut! Tut!” but Mrs Robin went and got the baby robins their breakfasts

The sun kept getting hotter and hotter, and the far warmer and warmer ”I shall roast in this tree!” he said to himself ”This is the last time that I will ever co lived here!”

After a long ti happened to rearden, and the rier he became, so at last he looked up at the farmer's Maltese cat and said:

”Woof! The next time I see you, Kitty! The next tirowled at the big bulldog and said, ”Ifwas here he would eat you up!”

Then Mister Bulldog laughed and showed all his teeth and said, ”The next time I see you, Kitty!” And then he went back to the place where he was visiting and dug up the bone, and it was even better than he had expected

When the dog had gone, the farmer's Maltese cat slid down the elm tree and ran all the way ho had eaten all the breakfast which the farmer's wife had put in the cat dish

And Mister Robert Robin said to Mrs Robin: ”I hope that nice bulldog stays all su Maltese cat looked at the woods he said to hi lives!”

CHAPTER V

ROBERT ROBIN SINGS HIS CHERRY SONG

Robert Robin was very happy The cherries were ripe, and from the top of his tall basswood tree he could see dozens of cherry trees laden with the ripe, red fruit

The little robins were very fond of cherries, and they never forgot to pop the pits, so that under Robert Robin's basswood tree there were soon great quantities of cherry pits

One day the farh the woods, and they saw the cherry pits scattered around under the big basswood

”Look at those cherry pits!” said the hired man

”Those are not cherry pits, they are basswood bobs!” said the farmer

”No! They are cherry pits!” said the hired row on basswood trees!”