`` You are going to take Mr. Green 's hens for him ; ca n't I go with you ? I wo n't be any trouble , and I do so want to see the fun , '' added Kitty , after thinking over her plan a few minutes . Now , Sam meant to take her , but had not told her so yet , and now , being a waggish old fellow , he thought he would let her take her cat , for the joke of it , so he said soberly , -- `` Yes , I 'll tuck you in somewheres , and you 'd better put puss into the blackbird 's old cage , else she will get scared , and run away . You stand it among the chicken-coops , and folks will admire her , I aint a doubt . '' Innocent little Kitty was in raptures at the prospect , though the people in the house laughed at her . But she firmly believed it was all right , and made her preparations with solemn care . The old cage was scrubbed till the wires shone , then she trimmed it up with evergreen , and put a bed of scarlet leaves for snowy puss to lie on . Puss was washed , and combed , and decked with a blue bow on the grand day , and , when she had been persuaded to enter her pretty prison , the effect was charming . A happier little lass was seldom seen than Kitty when , dressed in her clean , blue check frock , and the old hat , with a faded ribbon , she rode away with Sam ; and behind , among the hen-coops , was Miss Puss , much excited by the clucking and fluttering of her fellow-travellers . When the show grounds were reached , Kitty thought the bustle and the noise quite as interesting as the cattle ; and when , after putting his poultry in its place , Sam led her up into the great hall where the fruit and flowers were , she began to imagine that the fairy tales were coming true . While she stood staring at some very astonishing worsted-work pictures , a lady , who was arranging fruit near by , upset a basket of fine peaches , and they rolled away under tables and chairs . `` I 'll pick 'em up , ma'am , '' cried Kitty , who loved to be useful ; and down she went on her hands and knees , and carefully picked up every runaway . `` What is your name , my obliging little girl ? '' asked the lady , as she brushed up the last yellow peach . `` Kitty ; and I live at the poor-house ; and I never saw a Cattle Show before , 'cause I did n't have any thing to bring , '' said the child , feeling as important with her cat as a whole agricultural society . `` What did you bring , -- patchwork ? '' `` O , no , ma'am , a lovely cat , and she is down stairs with the hens , -- all white , with blue eyes and a blue bow , '' cried Kitty . `` I want to see her , '' said a little girl , popping her head up from behind the table , where she had bashfully hidden from the stranger . The lady consented , and the children went away together . While they were gone , Sam came to find his little friend , and the kind lady , amused at the cat story , asked about the child .
`` She aint no friends but me and the kitten , so I XXXXX I 'd give the poor little soul a bit of pleasure .
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