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VIII NINE LIVES
  Squirrel was much more at home in the trees than Miss Kitty Cat was. While Frisky managed at last to cling to a limb and right himself, Miss Kitty lost her footing and fell out of the tree completely.  
"Oh! She'll he hurt!" Frisky cried as he saw her turning and twisting through the air. But to his great surprise she struck with all her four feet on the ground, quite unharmed. "You did that very nicely," he called to her generously.
 
But she didn't answer. To tell the truth, she felt rather foolish because she had fallen out of the tree. And she walked back to the woodshed and stalked through the without saying a word.
 
After that adventure Frisky Squirrel to go back home. So he town the tree-trunk and to the stone wall, and scooted along the top of it.
 
Old Mr. Crow was watching for him. And as before, he dropped down near the wall to talk.
 
"I hardly expected to see you again," Mr. Crow remarked. "You couldn't have met the cat."
 
"Yes!" said Frisky. "I met her. She followed me up a tree. And it's a wonder she didn't get hurt, though I was careful of her. She had a fall; but she landed beautifully."
 
Old Mr. Crow nodded wisely.
 
"She always lands on her feet," he observed. "And you needn't worry about her," he added. "You know, they say she has nine lives."
 
"Nine lives!" Frisky Squirrel exclaimed. "What do you mean, Mr. Crow?"
 
Now, Mr. Crow really knew a great deal, because he had lived many years. And he pretended to know still more, because he liked to appear learned. But this question was a puzzler for him. He simply couldn't answer it.
 
"You wouldn............
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