a little boy of about two years old, who came out of the house,
and taking the cat up round its body with both hands, tottered
away with it, and shut the door.

Finding ourselves thus unexpectedly once more at liberty, we
determined to make use of it, by seeking some safer retreat, at
least, till night should better hide us from public view.
Terrified almost out of our senses, we crept from behind the
brick, and, after running a few yards, slipped under the folding
doors of a barn, and soon concealed ourselves amidst a vast
quantity of threshed corn. This appeared to us the most desirable
retreat that we had yet found; not only as it afforded such
immense plenty of food, but also as we could so easily hide
ourselves from the observation of any one: beside, as it did not
appear to be a dwelling-house, we could in security reside, free
from any danger of traps, or the cruelty of man. We therefore
congratulated each other, not more on account of the wonderful
escape which we had, than upon our good fortune in coming to a
Spot so blessed with peace and plenty.

After we were a little recovered from the fatigue of mind, as well
as of body, which we had lately gone through, we regaled very
heartily upon the corn that surrounded us, and then fell into a
charming sleep, from which we were awakened the next morning by
the sound of human voices. We very distinctly heard that of a
boy, saying, 'Let us mix all the threshed corn with the rest that
is not threshed, and that will make a fine fuss, and set John and
Simon a swearing like troopers when they come and find all their
labour lost, and that they must do all their work over again.'
'And do you think there is anything so agreeable in giving people