_Cat._ Yes; you may. Come into my house. (_Both go in house._) I am hungry. Go out and get me something to eat. _Fox._ I will go. (_Goes into forest and meets Wolf._) _Wolf._ Good morning. _Fox._ Good morning. _Wolf._ I have not seen you for a long time. Where are you living now? _Fox._ I am living with Ivan. I am his servant. _Wolf._ Who is Ivan? _Fox._ He is the owner of this forest. _Wolf._ May I come with you and see Ivan? _Fox._ Yes; if you will promise to bring a sheep with you. If you do not Ivan will eat you. _Wolf._ I will go and get one. (_Leaves the fox and hunts for a sheep._) _Enter the Bear_ _Bear._ Good morning, Mr. Fox. _Fox._ Good morning, Mr. Bear. _Bear._ I have not seen you for a long time. Where are you living? _Fox._ I am living with Ivan. I am his servant. _Bear._ Who is Ivan? _Fox._ He is the owner of this forest. _Bear._ May I go with you and see him? _Fox._ Yes, but you must promise to bring a cow with you or Ivan will eat you. _Bear._ I will go and get one. (_Leaves the fox and hunts for a cow._) _The Fox returns to the house and enters_ _Cat._ Did you bring me something to eat? _Fox._ No; but I have sent for something and it will be here soon. _Cat._ All right; we will wait. _Enter Wolf with a sheep and Bear with a cow_ _Bear._ Good morning, Mr. Wolf. Where are you going? _Wolf._ Good morning. I am going to see Ivan, the owner of this forest. _Bear._ So am I. Let us go together. _Bear and Wolf walk to Cat's house and place sheep and cow near door_ _Wolf._ You knock on the door. _Bear._ No; you knock on the door. I am afraid. _Wolf._ So am I. Shall we ask Mr. Rabbit to do it? _Bear._ Yes; you ask him. _Wolf_ (_calling to a rabbit who is passing_). Hello, Mr. Rabbit; will you knock at the Cat's door for us? _Rabbit._ Yes, I will. _(Knocks.)_ _Bear and Wolf hide behind the trees and bushes_ _Cat_ (_coming out of his house with the Fox and noticing the cow and sheep lying by the door_). Look! here is what you got for my dinner. There is only enough for two bites. _Bear_ (_to himself_). How hungry he is. A cow would be enough to eat for four bears and he says it is only enough for two bites. What a terrible animal he is. _Cat_ (_seeing Wolf behind the bushes_). Look! there is a mouse. I must catch him and eat him. (_Chases Wolf away._) I think I hear another mouse. (_Sees Bear and tries to catch him but fails._) I am so tired that I cannot run at all. Let us sit by the door and eat our dinner. (_Cat and Fox sit down and eat the sheep and cow._) BIBLIOGRAPHY See Bibliography at end of monograph. COLUMBUS DAY October 12 Columbus, seeking the back door of Asia, found himself knocking at the front door of America. _James Russell Lowell_ COLUMBUS DAY J. CAYCE MORRISON, SUPERVISING PRINCIPAL, LEONIA