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"Ding-dong, ding-dong," chimed the clock in the farmer's house.

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It was noon.

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The farmer placed me on the dining room table and sat down with his family to have lunch.

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The lunch was enough food for a hundred men in England.

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The farmer's wife cut some meat into tiny pieces.

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She gave them to me with some breadcrumbs and wine.

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"I am very happy that you invited me to lunch,"

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I said loudly enough for the farmer and his wife to hear.

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"I have never seen so much food in my life."

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I bowed to them and made signs to show that I was hungry.

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I made other signs to thank them for the meal.

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The family laughed at my performance, and I had to cover my ears to protect them from the noise.

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While I was eating, I heard something that sounded like a dozen machines all running at once.

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I realized that the sound came from the family's cat.

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To me, it looked enormous—bigger than the biggest horse I'd ever seen back home.

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It was sitting on the lap of the farmer's wife, purring loudly as she patted it.

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It stared at me.

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"Oh no!" I said to myself.

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"It thinks I am something good to eat!"

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I was terrified.

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Sometimes cats are very cruel to the creatures they catch.

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The farmer's wife saw that I was afraid of the cat and held it tightly.

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The farmer put me right in front of the cat.

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It looked away, shut its eyes, and continued to purr.

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"If I show my fear," I thought, "the cat may attack.

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I had better pretend that I'm not afraid."

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Just then, something even more frightening happened.

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The nanny brought the baby to the farmer's wife.

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The farmer's wife picked me up and put me in front of the baby.

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He grabbed me instantly in his little fist.

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"Let me go," I shouted.

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The baby put my head into his mouth.

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"Help, help!" I screamed loudly.

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This frightened the baby, who was not used to having things scream in his mouth.

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He dropped me, but as I fell, the farmer's wife held out her apron to catch me.

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I was not hurt.

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"Thank you," I said to her, making another bow.

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She smiled and tickled the baby.

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When lunch was over, the farmer spoke to his wife as he pointed to the baby.

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I understood that he was telling her not to let the baby play with me.

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Then the farmer left the house to go back to work.

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The excitement of the morning and the wine at lunch had made me very tired.

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The farmer's wife saw me yawning and picked me up gently.

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She took me to her bedroom and put me down on the bed.

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Right away, I fell asleep.

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When I woke up, I felt lonely on the bed so high above the floor.

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Suddenly, two rats climbed onto the bed.

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They were many times bigger than English rats.

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I was very frightened.

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They ran across the bed, wiggling their noses in my face as they sniffed.

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"Be brave!" I said to myself, remembering the cat at lunch.

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"I must kill them before they kill me."

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Luckily, I still had my sword with me.

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I pulled it out and stabbed one rat in the stomach.

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It fell dead at my feet.

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The other rat jumped off the bed and ran away.

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Just then, the farmer's wife came into the room.

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She saw the blood and picked me up.

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I pointed to the dead rat and showed her that I was not hurt.

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She smiled at me happily and threw the rat out the window.