Now boys, let us play at cats and mice.

Yes, yes! that will be great fun!

I am the pussy cat. Mew, mew, mew.

And what am I?

You are a mouse. You are the brown mouse.

And I?

You are the long mouse.

And I?

You are a short mouse.

And the rest of us?

You are all mice.

No, let us be kittens.

All right, you are my kittens. Let me see, how many kittens are there?

We are four.

And how many mice?

We are six of us. What are we to do? Here is a bit of paper. This is a piece of bread.

Brown mouse, come and have a bite at it.

Here, long mouse, you also have a bite.

Now, come along, every one of you, and have your share. Now, my kittens, be ready! Are you ready?

Yes, I am ready.

I am ready.

I am also ready.

We are all ready.

When I cry mew, all of you try to catch the mice.

Yes, yes, we shall try to catch them, but they will run away.

Of course, they will run, but you must run after them.

Now, ready! Mew!

I have caught the brown mouse.

Brown mouse, you are dead. You lie down there.

The long mouse is also dead. You lie down there.