CHAPTER IV

UP IN THE AIR


Madeline and Dorothy were so surprised at first at seeing the bad cat in
the room that they did not know what to do, except that Madeline called
"Scat!" to him.

But when the cat jumped down and started to run out of the room, the
little girls began to talk very fast.

"Oh, wasn't he a bold thing!" cried Madeline.

"Did he get any of your goldfish?" Dorothy asked.

She and Madeline hurried over to the bowl and counted the swimming
fishes.

"No, there are five there, and that's all we had," said Madeline. "The
naughty cat didn't get any."

"What do you suppose made that noise like the ringing of a bell?" asked
Dorothy.

"It was the Candy Rabbit," answered Madeline. "Look! He fell over
against the glass bowl, and, lots of times, when I've been feeding the
fish and have struck the bowl, it has rung like a bell. The Candy Rabbit
did that, and that's what made me look around."