"I wonder they don't think of it," said the house-cat; "but human beings are so stupid I declare I've no patience with them."
"The cats mew just as if they were talking it over," said Tom.
"I shouldn't wonder if they were," said Posy; "I wish we knew what they were saying."
"I wish you did," said the house-cat, "but that would be expecting too much of you."
The sparrow, too, had heard the news, and perched on the window to get a look at the notorious Graywhisker who had caused so much mischief.
"I should have been in a pretty fix if that old fellow had come home and found me in his house that time," he said to himself; "one thing is certain, I shouldn't be sitting here now if he had. Hallo, my dear! you came to get a sight of the old villain,
