This visit braced up the old man's courage, and when the mother-bird
came home he calmly told her he thought he'd sleep at the foot of the
rock that night; and she unsuspectingly took him in her talons and
dropped him gently on the ground.
As soon as she had gone, the old man looked all about him, and called
"Tabby, Tabby," very softly. Tabby came out from under the roots of a
tree and bounded on his shoulder, and told him how sorry the cow was,
and how she was waiting in a thicket ready to carry him home, if he
wanted to go.
Of course he wanted to go, and in less than a jiffy the cow had come
out from her hiding-place, had cried a little, and had taken the old
man on her back, and started full speed down the mountain, with the cat
tearing after her.
It was a long way to the old man's house, and they reached it just
tired out. Of course, they got something to eat, and then they went to
bed and slept right through two days; but on the morning of the third
day they got up as merry as crickets, and, after a hearty breakfast,
they agreed to live together for the rest of their lives. And they have
lived ever since in perfect harmony.
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