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Chapter 4. Grandpa Growler and the Three Bears · Three Little Kittens Who Lost Their Mittens

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  Section four of Three Little Kittens Who Lost their Mittens by Laura Rountree Smith.
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  This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Grandpa Growler and the three bears.
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  Next morning, early Dot and Tot and Trot woke up crying, we're
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  good little kittens. May we find our mittens? Old Mother kit Cat,
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  We're coming downstairs. We're good little kittens. We'll go find our mittens if
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  we may repair to the home of three bears. Old Mother KitKat answered,
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  what do you know about bears? You cannot understand bear language. Boo hoo,
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  boo hoo, cried the three little kittens. Old Mother KitKat, We
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  must find our mittens. Mother KitKat looked at the three little kittens over her
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  spectacles, and the little old man of the fire said, to interrupt,
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  is quite absurd in politeness Land, I've heard. The three little kittens hung
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  their heads and sat very still in their three little rocking chairs by the fire.
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  At this very minute, rapp tap was heard at the door. The
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  door opened, and in walked Grandpa Growler, the friendliest bear in the world.
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  The three little kittens cried, Oh, Grandpa Growler, have you some
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  candy for us? Oh? Grandpa Growler, have you come to tell us
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  a story? He answered, Three little kittens all like to tease. Come,
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  let me get my breath, if you please. He sat down by
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  the fire and growled and growled. He was a peculiar bear and always growled
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  the loudest when he was happy. He was very happy now, warming his
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  paws by the cheerful fire. He was a sure enough story teller, and
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  he began in a sing song kind of way. Once upon a time,
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  three little kittens lost their mittens. How do you know? Asked Dot?
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  How do you know? Asked Tot Trot said, oh, Grandpa, please
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  go on with your story. Grandpa Growler growled again pleasantly and said, three
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  little foxes are trying to fit on three little mittens from three little kittens.
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  Didn't they really truly fit? Asked Dot and Tot Trot's before, Oh,
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  Grandpa, go on with your story. Please. At this Grandpa Growler removed
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  his spectacles and said, three little foxes, I do declare, are just
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  as shy as three little bears. The thing to you may seem quite funny.
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  They traded the mittens for milk and honey. The three little kittens joined
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  paws and whirled round, singing, the three little bears have our mittens,
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  ho ho to their little wheat house and the woods we must go. Grandpa
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  Growler was always in a hurry to do things, so he growled again pleasantly,
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  saying, I will not wait a year. In a day, we'll
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  start away and make no delay. Before the three little kittens could say a
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  word, he had tucked Dot and Tot in his overcoat pockets, and he
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  tucked Trot in his market basket and walked off in his funny, flat footed
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  manner. The little kittens felt safe, but Dot and Tot whispered to each
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  other. What if we should fall? What if we should meet the bears
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  in the woods. They went on and on until they came to the house
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  of the three bears. They could hear the bears scolding about somebody eating their
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  porridge and sitting in their chairs. Grandpa Growler walked right in and said,
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  such a grumbling I never heard three little bears. It's quite absurd. Then
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  he growled as loud as he could, and the three bears stopped their noise.
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  All would have gone well, I am sure if the porridge had not
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  smelled so good, All of a sudden, the three little kittens jumped on
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  the table and began to eat porridge as fast as they could. Ho Ho,
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  cried the three bears, so we have more visitors. They thought the
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  three little kittens so cute. They hugged them most too hard. But Grandpa
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  Growler said, make your best bow, you three little kittens, and asked
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  politely for news of the mittens. The mittens shouted the three bears in one
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  breath. Then they cried, the three little foxes are very sly. They
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  brought us the mittens only to try. Didn't they fit you? Asked Dot?
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  Didn't they fit you? Asked Tot. Where can they be? Now,
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  asked Trot. The three bears said, you, dear little kittens,
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  We gave up the mittens to three little squirrels who live in the woods.
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  Squirrels said Dot, and Tot. Curly tails said Trot. They had a
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  fine visit with the three bears, and by and by went merrily homeward in
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  the moonlight. Grandpa Growler swung a lighted lantern before them, growling softly all
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  the time. He was very fond of fish, and kept saying under his
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  breath, I wish I had some trout. I wish I had some salmon.
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  I am so hungry I could eat three little kittens. The three little
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  kittens were not at all afraid, for this was one of Grandpa Growler's jokes.
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  When they got home, Old Mother KitKat said, if I were a
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  fairy to grant you a wish, what would you like to eat better than
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  fish? Fish, roared Grandpa Growler so loudly that the roof nearly came off.
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  Old Mother kit Cat brought in a dish of fish for all, and
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  Grandpa Growler said, if you'll invite me, I'd like to stay while the
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  three little kittens journey away. For three little squirrels are wearing the mittens that
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  really belonged to three little kittens. Squirrels, said Dot and tot. Curly
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  tales said trot. They soon went merrily to bed. All this time,
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  three little foxes, wearing three pairs of mittens, were dancing merrily in the
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  moonlight. The little old man of the fire sang, oh, three little
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  kittens, Oh, three little kittens. I fear me. The foxes are
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  wearing your mittens. You mean, squirrels, said Dot and tot sleepily,
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  You mean curly tales, said Trot. The little old man of the fire
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  sang his song, but I don't know what he knew about the matter.
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  End of section four.