ONCE upon a time there was a Pussy-cat called Ribby, who
invited a little dog called Duchess, to tea.
"Come in good time, my dear Duchess," said Ribby's
letter, "and we will have something so very nice. I am baking it in a
pie-dish--a pie-dish with a pink rim. You never tasted anything so good! And you shall eat
it all! I will eat muffins, my
dear Duchess!" wrote Ribby.
Dutchess read the letter and wrote an answer:--"I will come
with much pleasure at a quarter past four. But it is very strange. I
was just going to invite you to come here, to
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supper, my dear Ribby, to eat something most
delicious."
"I will come very punctually, my dear Ribby," wrote
Duchess; and then at the end she added--"I hope it isn't mouse?"
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