steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags.

And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children
and grand-children and great great grand-children.

There is no end to them!

Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers.

They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of
employment. They charge so much a dozen, and earn their living very
comfortably.

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They hang up the rats' tails in a row on the barn door, to show how many
they have caught--dozens and dozens of them.

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But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face
anything that is bigger than--

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A Mouse.