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 *pect of a play with the lively barn-kittens; for it was not very entertaining to lie in the box by the kitchen stove, and Hannah always drove them back if they ventured out of it when the children were not there. So when Posy dumped them on the barn-floor by the side of the tiger-kittens, they began to play in earnest.

"Let's have a tiger-hunt," said Tom, after watching the kittens at their play; "and the barn-kittens can be the tigers, and the house-kittens can be our hunting-dogs."

"Oh, splendid!" cried Posy, clapping her hands and jumping up and down.

"First, we'll make a cave," said Tom, "because tigers live in caves, you know;" and he began to dig a cave in the side of the hay-mow. Nancy entered into the work with great zest, and soon a fine cave was finished and the tigers were placed in it.

"What fun it would be if they could