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<hr style="width: 65%;" />[106] <h2>A DINNER INVITATION</h2> <div class='cap'>GOODNESS me, Mr. Slipper-Slopper took so long to pull on his boots that Puss said, "Really, if you don't hurry the fox will be miles away, and you'll never get back your gray goose."</div> "Yes, John, you had better take this young cat's advice," cried Mrs. Slipper-Slopper. <div class='poem'> "Then John, he went up to the hill, And he blew a blast both loud and shrill; Says the fox, 'This is very pretty music—still I'd rather be at my den.'" </div> "Gracious me!" exclaimed Puss to himself, "Mr. Slipper-Slopper is crazy. Why does he blow his horn? It's bad enough to hunt a fox with a broom!" "Look here, Mr. Slipper-Slopper," he cried, "you have no boots—you've nothing but slippers. You have no gun—you've nothing but an old broom. And what's more, you have no sense. You deserve to lose your gray goose and your black duck. Good-by." And Puss ran off in disgust. "I've no use for a man who can't protect[107] his own," he muttered to himself. "I won't help catch that fox. Let him have a feast. He must eat as well as Mr. Slipper-Slopper. Probably Mr. Slipper-Slopper would have killed the gray goose for dinner in a few days, anyhow." "Helloa, what are you talking about?" cried Mr. Fox, jumping out from behind a large stone. "So you think old Slipper-Slopper would have killed the goose and eaten it himself, do you?" asked the fox with a grin. "Well," answered Puss, startled at the sudden appearance of Mr. Fox, "I thought it pretty mean of you to steal his goose, but now that I've found out what a foolish man Mr. Slipper-Slopper is, I'm glad you have a good dinner in store for yourself and family." "That's very nice of you," said Mr. Fox, with another grin. "Neither have I forgotten that you helped me out of the forest," continued Puss, "and I feel very friendly toward you." "If that's the case," said the fox in a kind voice, "you come home with me and Mrs. Fox will give you some of the best roast duck you ever tasted in your life." <div style="break-after:column;"></div>

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