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The Cat Stamped His Feet

story by Betty

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Tom

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GOLDEN PRESS Western Publishing Company, Inc. WE Racine, Wisconsin REAi'-Y ^EE9

1974 by Western Publishing Company, Inc. All rights reserved/Prodttcedin U.S.A.

GOLDEN, A LITTLE GOLDEN BOOK*. GOLDEN PRESS*, are trademarks of Western Publishing

and

Company,

Second Printing, 1975

EAGER READER

Inc.

For Clancy Butler and his Friends

Clancy was very His

tail stood

up

cross.

straight.

''Meowwww!" he said. He showed his teeth.

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The new

cat

was very

little.

He walked all around Clancy's house. He looked at all of Clancy's things. ''Nice window," said the new cat. ^^My window," said Clancy.

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^'Nice bed/' said the

new

cat.

''My bed/' said Clancy.

''Nice food dish/' said the

new

''My food dish/' said Clancy. ''Oh,

meow, meow,

MEOW!"

cat.

The new

cat did not

that Clancy

He

He He

was

know

cross.

ate from Clancy's food dish.

lay

down on Clancy's

fell

asleep in Clancy's sunshine.

bed.

Then Clancy's

friends

came home.

His Food Friend

came in with some flowers. She always gave food to Clancy. His Door Friend

came

in with his ball.

He always opened the door for Clancy.

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His Petting Friend came in with her skates.

She always petted Clancy. His Talking Friend

came

in with the paper.

He always talked to And then a very bad thing happened.

Clancy.

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all sat

on the

around the new ''Sweet

little

floor

cat.

kitten/' they said.

''He is the sweetest cat in the world."

"Meow?"

said Clancy.

^'What did you say?'

But no one looked up or

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Clancy walked across the room. He walked across the hall.

He stamped his feet as he went.

He walked up up, up,

up

the stairs

to the attic.

Stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp.

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''Meow," Clancy said. '1 will stay here

until the

new

And

was how Clancy became

that

an upstairs

cat goes away!"

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The next day, Clancy's Food Friend put a dish of food in the hall for him.

But the new cat ate

it.

His Door Friend said, ''Come out, Clancy."

But Clancy hid behind a toy box. I

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Clancy's Petting Friend

came looking for him. But Clancy jumped to a high and would not come down.

place

His Talking Friend came and talked to him.

But Clancy would not answer. Stamp, stamp, stamp, stamp. He walked across the attic.

heard a cat stamp his feet before," said the Talking Friend. '1 never

''We never had a cross cat before," said the Petting Friend.

''We must take his food and his bed

up

to the attic," said the

And

so they did.

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Food Friend.

A

long

summer went

The

attic

was hot and

Only a

little bit of

by.

dark.

sunshine

came through the high window. Clancy grew tired of being alone, but he would not go downstairs.

One day even the little bit of sun went away. It was very dark. The wind blew hard. The house began to shake. Clancy heard a sound on the Whoosh! The new cat ran in

and hid under an old

bed.

stairs.

''Meowww!" he cried. ''Help me! The house is falling!" Clancy looked under the bed.

'The house is not falling, he said. "That is the wind. The wind is loud, but

it

silly,"

will not hurt you."

"Are you sure?" asked the new "I

am

sure," said Clancy.

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The new

cat

came out

from under the bed.

mouse hurt me?" he asked. 'There is a mouse in the kitchen." ''Will a

"Meow!" said Clancy. "Don't you know anything^ "I

said

know I am tired of being alone," the new cat. "I need a friend."

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Clancy thought about it. He was very tired of the attic. ''But

you took

my

place/'

he said in a cross voice. 'Tou are a bad cat." ''Oh, no," said the

"Come and I

new

cat.

see.

did not take your place.

There are two places now." So Clancy went downstairs. ^fS^' aiPff

And

the

new

cat

was

right.

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The Food Friend put down two dishes of food.

The Door Friend opened the door for both of them.

And he showed the new cat all the

things

a downstairs cat had to know. He even showed the new cat

how to stamp his feet when he was cross.

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