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<h2>CANDY TOWN</h2>
<div class='cap'>PUSS, JUNIOR, helped the farmer's pretty
daughter into the saddle, and then away
went the Good Gray Horse to Candy Town.
Well, after maybe a mile and a laugh and smile,
Puss said, "I feel just like a Knight of the Round
Table, for I have rescued a maiden in distress."
And this made the farmer's pretty daughter
laugh till her cheeks grew red as two apples.</div>
<p>"Well, then, I shall call you Sir Cat," she said,
and this so pleased Puss that he began to purr at a
great rate. It was great fun, he thought. And
the farmer's daughter thought it great sport,
too, I imagine, for she began to sing a little song,
and this is the way it went:</p>
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"Heigh-ho, over we go,<br/>
<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">Pussy and I to town,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">What does he wish? A nice little fish,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 1.5em;">And I a silken gown.</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">But where is the money to buy all that,</span><br/>
<span style="margin-left: 0.5em;">Unless I may borrow from Sir Pussy Cat?"</span><br/></div>
<p>"Of course you may," cried Puss. "Just wait
till we get to town."</p>
<p>And then the farmer's pretty daughter blushed
very red. "I was only in fun," she said.<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_74" id="Page_74">[74]</SPAN></span></p>
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<p>"But I wasn't," replied Puss.</p>
<p>"Why, have you enough money?" she asked,
giving him a hug.</p>
<p>"Don't squeeze so tight," cried Puss. "We
may have an accident, and one is enough for<span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_75" id="Page_75">[75]</SPAN></span>
to-day. I hope your father will get the old
gray mare home safely."</p>
<p>"Never fear," she replied, "father will attend
to that, all right."</p>
<p>"Here we are," said Puss, looking up at a sign-post
on which was written, "Candy Town."
"Now, where's the shop with the silken gowns?"</p>
<p>"Over there. Don't you see it right next to
the baker's shop."</p>
<p>"Oh yes," laughed Puss, "I see it now," and
he drew rein in front of the quaint little shop
and helped the farmer's daughter to alight.</p>
<p>"Come in with me," she said, "for I'd like to
buy what you like." And this so pleased Puss
that he made up his mind to buy any gown she
fancied, even if it were trimmed with diamonds.</p>
<p>"Do you want that pretty blue one?" he
asked, with a smile.</p>
<p>"How did you guess?" she answered. "You
are a wonderful cat."</p>
<p>"And now," said Puss, when the gown was
wrapped up, "let's have a cream puff in the
baker's next door, for I'm sure you're hungry."</p>
<p>"You're a wonderful guesser, Sir Puss," she
cried, "indeed you are, as well as a most generous
little cat."</p>
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