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XII. KITTY'S CATTLE SHOW.
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Little Kitty was an orphan1, and she lived in the poor-house, where she ran errands, tended babies, and was everybody's servant. A droll2, happy-hearted child, who did her best to be good, and was never tired of hoping that something pleasant would happen.
She had often heard of Cattle Shows, but had never been to one, though she lived in a town where there was one every year.
As October came, and people began to get ready for the show, Kitty was seized with a strong desire to go, and asked endless questions about it of old Sam, who lived in the house.
"Did you say anybody could go in for nothing if they took something to show?" she asked.
"Yes; and them that has the best fruit, or cows, or butter, or whatever it is, they gets a premium3," said Sam, chopping away.[Pg 183]
"What's a primmynum?" asked Kitty, forgetting to pick up chips, in her interest.
"It's money; some gets a lot, and some only a dollar, or so."
"I wish I had something nice to show, but I don't own anything but puss," and the little girl stroked the plump, white kitten that was frisking all over her.
"Better send her; she's pretty enough to fetch a prize anywheres," said Sam, who was fond of both Kittys.
"Do they have cats there?" asked the child, soberly.
"Ought to, if they don't, for, if cats aint cattle, I don't see what they be," and old Sam laughed, as if he had made a joke.
"I mean to take her and see the show, any way, for that will be splendid, even if she don't get any money! O, puss, will you go, and behave well, and get a primmynum for me, so I can buy a book of stories?" cried Kitty, upsetting her basket in her sudden skip at the fine plan.
Puss turned a somersault, raced after a chicken,[Pg 184] and then rushed up her mistress' back, and, perching demurely4 on her shoulder, peeped into her face, as if asking if pranks5 like these wouldn't win a prize anywhere.
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1 orphan | |
n.孤儿;adj.无父母的 | |
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2 droll | |
adj.古怪的,好笑的 | |
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n.加付款;赠品;adj.高级的;售价高的 | |
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adv.装成端庄地,认真地 | |
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5 pranks | |
n.玩笑,恶作剧( prank的名词复数 ) | |
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6 waggish | |
adj.诙谐的,滑稽的 | |
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极度欢喜( rapture的名词复数 ) | |
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n.前景,前途;景色,视野 | |
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v.喧扰地忙乱,匆忙,奔忙;n.忙碌;喧闹 | |
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12 poultry | |
n.家禽,禽肉 | |
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13 runaway | |
n.逃走的人,逃亡,亡命者;adj.逃亡的,逃走的 | |
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