'And what a way you have of drinking!
'Here, pussy, would you like some milk?' said Harry, and getting up, he
poured a little milk into a clean saucer.
4. The cat ran to it, and Harry went down on the floor close by to watch
her drinking it.
5. He saw that pussy's tongue was not smooth like his own, but had tiny
points all over it. It came into his mind that she had once licked his
face, and her tongue had a 'scrapy' feeling.
6. 'Do it again, pussy, dear,' he said, but she went on lapping up the
milk.
'May I touch your tongue, then, with one of my fingers?'
7. But pussy did not like this. Then Harry took a drop or two of the
milk into the palm of his hand. And when the cat had taken all she had
in the saucer, she came and licked up the milk in his hand.
8. She went on licking even when all was gone, and Harry was able in
this way to feel how rough her tongue was.
9. Just then his mother came into the kitchen, and Harry told her what
he had been doing.
She asked:
'Have you looked at pussy's eyes?'
10. 'They are funny eyes,' he said; 'they are green, but there is not
much of them to be seen.'
'Not just now,' said his mother, 'but she can open them wide when she
likes.
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