Puss Junior and Robinson Crusoe

<hr style="width: 65%;" /><p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_103" id="Page_103">[103]</SPAN></span></p> <h2>MR. SLIPPER-SLOPPER</h2> <div class='cap'>WHEN Mr. Fox laughed he showed all his long, sharp teeth, and Puss was mighty glad he had his trusty staff with him in case Mr. Fox became ugly. But nothing unpleasant happened, and by and by they came to the hen-house.</div> <p>Puss was peeking through a crack in the boards, but before he had time to utter a cry of warning, Mr. Fox,</p> <div class='poem'> Seized the black duck by the neck,<br/> And swung her across his back;<br/> The black duck cried out, "Quack! quack! quack!"<br/> With her legs hanging dangling down.<br/></div> <div class='unindent'>and away he went, out through the door, across the barnyard and up the hill. And I guess Lady Moon wished she hadn't shown that bad old fox the way through the dark forest.</div> <p>And after that Puss pounded on the kitchen door and shouted, "The fox has run off with the black duck!"</p> <p>"What's the matter?" asked Mrs. Slipper-Slopper. "Who has taken the black duck?"<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_104" id="Page_104">[104]</SPAN></span></p> <div class="figcenter"> <ANTIMG src="images/gs22.png" width-obs="295" height-obs="400" alt="Blowing the horn" title="" /></div> <p>"Hurry up!" called Puss. "The fox has a good start; 'twill be hard to catch him."<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_105" id="Page_105">[105]</SPAN></span></p> <p>So Mrs. Slipper-Slopper pulled in her head and pretty soon came thumping down the stairs and opened the door.</p> <p>"Which way did the fox go?" asked Mr. Slipper-Slopper.</p> <p>"Up the hill," said Puss.</p> <p>"Where's my gun?" asked Mr. Slipper-Slopper, turning to his wife.</p> <p>"Why, don't you remember, John?" she replied. "You lent it to old Neighbor Jones last week."</p> <p>"So I did," said Mr. Slipper-Slopper. "Too bad!"</p> <p>"Well, I'm going after him, anyway," cried Mr. Slipper-Slopper, picking up the broom. "If I catch him I'll hit him a whopper!"</p> <p>"You wouldn't hit an old man like Neighbor Jones?" cried Mrs. Slipper-Slopper excitedly.</p> <p>"No&mdash;&mdash;the fox," cried Mr. Slipper-Slopper. "I mean the fox."</p> <p>"You'd better put on your boots," said his wife. "You can't go in your slippers."</p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />