"
So off she started. But the house was shut up, and there was no one
there except the cat.
Very much frightened the cat was, too, when the cow pushed up the
pantry window with her horns, and bellowed:
"Where's your master?"
"I don't know," said the cat, retreating to a far corner, with his back
up. "I haven't set eyes on him since last Sunday."
"Oh dear!" sighed the cow, dropping the window with a crash that broke
out two of the panes of glass. "What shall I do?"
[Illustration: "THE POOR OLD MAN WAS UP IN THE AIR."]
"What's the matter with you?--and what do you want of the old man?"
asked Tabby, bounding out through one of the broken panes.
The cow told him.
"Well," said Tab, stroking his whiskers reflectively, "I guess I'll go
with you and help you look for the good-natured old creature."
So they journeyed on, asking everybody they met about the old man. But
nobody knew, until finally they came across an old crow who knew
everybody's business.
"An old man?" said he. "The eagle took an old man the other day. Did he
have very slender legs?"
"Yes, yes!" said the cat and the cow together.
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