CHAPTER XIV. ECHOES OF FAIRY-LAND
“ Mr Button,” said Emmeline that night, as they sat on the sand near the tent he had improvised, “Mr Button—cats go to sleep.”
They had been questioning him about the “never-wake-up” berries.
“ Who said they didn’t?” asked Mr Button.
“ I mean,” said Emmeline, “they go to sleep and never wake up again. Ours did. It had stripes on it, and a white chest, and rings all down its tail. It went asleep in the garden, all stretched out, and showing its teeth; an’ I told Jane, and Dicky ran in an’ told uncle. I went to Mrs Sims, the doctor’s wife, to tea; and when I came back I asked Jane where p***y was—and she said it was deadn’ berried, but I wasn’t to tell uncle.”
“ I remember,” said d**k. “It was the day I went to the circus, and you told me not
