Miss Kitty Cat took her paw off Moses Mouse, after giving him a sharp nip to warn him not to try to run away.  
"Ouch!" Moses . And then, when he felt himself free, he picked up the hit of cheese that he had dropped upon the pantry floor. But he was shaking with fear.
 
He shook so hard that he couldn't balance the cheese on the end of his nose. It tumbled off at once and he turned quickly to get it. Miss Kitty Cat turned with him. And while she was turning, Moses Mouse turned back again and jumped behind a flour barrel.
 
She sprang after him. But the barrel stood so near the wall that there was only a small space behind it. It was wide enough for Moses Mouse to slip through; but it was too narrow for Miss Kitty Cat. And Moses Mouse waited just beyond reach of her paw.
 
She ran around the barrel, only to find that Moses had crawled back through the opening and was watching her with his beady little eyes.
 
Miss Kitty Cat was almost . She hurried around the barrel again, and saw that Moses Mouse had repeated his trick. He needed only to move the length of his tail, while she had to whisk all the way around the fat flour barrel.
 
"This will never do," Miss Kitty thought, as she peered through the crack at Moses Mouse, while she paused to get her breath. And as she stared at him, an idea popped into her head. It seemed such a good idea that Miss Kitty Cat to act upon it at once.
 
So she wheeled an............