The Story of a China Cat

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Make Believe Stories (Trademark Registered)
THE STORY OF A CHINA CAT
by
LAURA LEE HOPE
Author of "The Story of a Sawdust Doll," "The Story of a Nodding
Donkey," "The Bobbsey Twins Series," "The Bunny Brown Series,"
"The Six Little Bunkers Series," Etc.
Illustrated by Harry L. Smith

New York Grosset & Dunlap Publishers Made in the United States of
America
* * * * *
BOOKS
BY LAURA LEE HOPE
Durably Bound. Illustrated.
MAKE BELIEVE STORIES
THE STORY OF A SAWDUST DOLL THE STORY OF A WHITE
ROCKING HORSE THE STORY OF A LAMB ON WHEELS THE
STORY OF A BOLD TIN SOLDIER THE STORY OF A CANDY

RABBIT THE STORY OF A MONKEY ON A STICK THE STORY
OF A CALICO CLOWN THE STORY OF A NODDING DONKEY
THE STORY OF A CHINA CAT THE STORY OF A PLUSH BEAR
THE BOBBSEY TWINS SERIES
THE BOBBSEY TWINS THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE
COUNTRY THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT THE SEASHORE THE
BOBBSEY TWINS AT SCHOOL THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT
SNOW LODGE THE BOBBSEY TWINS ON A HOUSEBOAT THE
BOBBSEY TWINS AT MEADOW BROOK THE BOBBSEY TWINS
AT HOME THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN A GREAT CITY THE
BOBBSEY TWINS ON BLUEBERRY ISLAND THE BOBBSEY
TWINS ON THE DEEP BLUE SEA THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN
WASHINGTON THE BOBBSEY TWINS IN THE GREAT WEST
THE BOBBSEY TWINS AT CEDAR CAMP
THE BUNNY BROWN SERIES
* * * * *
THE SIX LITTLE BUNKERS SERIES
* * * * *
THE OUTDOOR GIRLS SERIES
* * * * *
Grosset & Dunlap, Publishers, New York Copyright, 1921, by Grosset
& Dunlap

The Story of a China Cat
[Illustration: The China Cat Has a Ride in Nodding Donkey's Wagon.
Frontispiece--(Page 113)]

CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE
I TOY-SHOP FUN 1 II A NICE LITTLE GIRL 14 III "FIRE! FIRE!"
28 IV A LITTLE BLACK BOY 38 V ROUGH PLAY 50 VI A
TERRIBLE STORM 63 VII THE RESCUE 76 VIII JENNIE GETS
THE CAT 87 IX AN OLD FRIEND 101 X THE GLARING EYES 111

THE STORY OF A CHINA CAT
CHAPTER I
TOY-SHOP FUN
Toot! Toot! Tootity-toot-toot!
"Goodness me! who is blowing the horn?" asked the Talking Doll, as
she sat up on the shelf in the toy shop. "This isn't Friday; and we don't
want any fish!"
"Speak for yourself, if you please," said a large, white China Cat, who
had just finished washing a few specks of dirt off her shiny coat with
her red tongue. "I could enjoy a bit of fish right now."
"I should rather have pie," said the Talking Doll. "But who blew the
horn? That is what I'd like to know. No one has a horn in this toy shop
that I know anything about."
"It wasn't a horn--that was a trumpet," said another voice. "I'll blow it
again!"
Then there sounded a jolly noise through the quiet toy shop, which was
in darkness except for one electric light in the middle of the store.

Toot! Toot! Tootity-toot-toot! echoed the merry notes.
"What a pretty sound," said the Jumping Jack, as he jerked his arms and
legs up and down, for he had just awakened from his long day of sleep.
"Isn't it nice," agreed Tumbling Tom, a queer toy who never could
stand up, because he was made in such a funny way that he always fell
down. "I wonder if there is going to be a parade?"
"Who is blowing that horn, anyway?" asked the Talking Doll.
"I tell you it isn't a horn--it's a trumpet, and I am blowing it," said a
voice in the front part of the toy store. "I came in only to-day, but I
thought perhaps you other toys would like a little music, so I tuned up
my trumpet. But please don't call it a horn. I am not a fish man!"
With that there came walking along