"Let's go around to the barn," said the farmer's pretty daughter. "It's milking time, you know." And, sure enough, there they found him. "Are you the man who jumped into the bramble bush?" asked Puss. "Yes, I am. But let me tell you something. They call me a wise man, but I think a man who jumps into a bramble bush is a silly goose." And then, all of a sudden, the Bramble-bush Man exclaimed: "Goodness me! I once knew a cat who wore red-top boots. A good many years ago there lived near here a miller who had three sons. When he died he left all his property to the two eldest, but to the youngest only a cat. Well, this cat turned out to be a most wonderful cat. Indeed, I heard that he secured a magnificent castle for his young master, as well as the hand of a lovely princess." "Where does he live?" cried Puss, in great excitement. "That I cannot tell," replied the Bramble-bush Man, "for I never heard where he went after leaving here." "Oh, dear me!" sighed little Puss, Junior. "Nobody knows where my father lives." Then he and the farmer's pretty daughter rode away, and in the next story you shall hear what happened at the old farmhouse. DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY "DAFFY-DOWN-DILLY has come to town In a yellow petticoat and a green gown," sang the farmer's pretty daughter beneath Puss, Junior's, window. There she stood, bending over her flower bed, the pink strings of her bonnet floating on the morning breeze. Puss hurriedly pulled on his boots and ran outside. "Good morning! I see your flowers are still in bed." "Daffy and Down and Dilly are very lazy, I fear," laughed the farmer's pretty daughter; "they'll never get to town to buy a new gown if they don't hurry." "I hope they won't meet any bad crows on their journey," replied Puss. "And I hope they won't have any bumpety bumps!" said the farmer's pretty daughter. Just then the farmer came out of the barn leading Puss, Junior's, Good Gray Horse. "Good-by," said Puss. "I've had a pleasant visit." And off he rode. By and by, after a while, he met an old crow walking along the top of the fence. He wore a silk hat and carried a cane, but he couldn't lean on it, for the fence rail was so narrow, you see. "Hello!" said Puss, Junior. And, goodness me! that well-dressed crow nearly lost his balance, he was so startled at Puss, Junior's voice. Well, as soon as he had caught his breath, he said: "I have just found a beautiful pearl necklace. Do you think it belongs to the Queen of Hearts?" [Illustration] "I'm sure I don't know," answered Puss. "Suppose you come along with me and maybe we'll find the owner."