DICK AND HIS CAT.
Once there was a boy.
His name was *Dick.
He was very poor.
His father and mother had died.
He had no friends to help him.
One day he heard some men speaking.
One man said.
"I shall go to London".
London is a very big city.
and its streets are covered with gold.
Everyone in London is very rich.
Then Dick said "I shall go to London and become rich".
Some days after that.
*Dick saw a cart at the side of the road.
He said to the man  on the cart.
"Where are you going".
The man said "I am going to London".
"Will you take me to London" asked Dick.
The man said "Yes".
So Dick got on the cart.
and he went to London.
When Dick came to London.
he saw .
The streets were not made of gold.
They were made of stones.
But there were many houses.
along the sides of the streets.
there were houses hundreds and hundreds.
Dick got down.
The man and the cart went away.
Dick stood in the street.
He had no house to go .
He had no food to eat.
He had no friends.
Then the snow  began to fall.
The snow fell more quickly.
Soon there was snow over everything.
The streets and the houses were covered with snow.
Soon they were all white.
They looked beatiful.
Poor Dick was covered with snow.
Night was coming.
There was a light in the window of the house.
Dick went to it.
and he stood near the door.
Then he sat down on the stone.
Just then.
 The door was opened .
and a servant looked out.
she saw *Dick sitting there.
"Go away".
"You good-for-nothing boy" she said.
"What are you doing there".
Dick was so tired .
He could not stand up.
The servant became angry.
She cried again.
Then,.
she got a pot of cold water.
and she threw it over Dick.
That was the house of a very rich man.
His name was Mr. Warren.
Mr. Warren had one child.
Her name was Alice.
Alice was standing near the door.
and she saw the servant-woman throw the water over Dick.
Alice was very angry.
"The poor boy will die".
"You bad woman".
Then she took Dick's hand.
"Come in,poor boy" she said.
and she brought him into the house.
She gave him food .
and she gave a bed to sleep.
and *Dick stayed in the house that night.
In the morning .
Mr. Warren saw *Dick.
and he said.
"You will stay in my house" .
"and You will help the cook".
"You will begin today".
So *Dick stayed and helped the cook.
The cook was a bad woman.
She was not kind to Dick.
She always gave  bad food to eat.
She was always calling him bad names.
When she was angry.
She hit him on the face.
Dick had a little room at the top of the house.
It was a very little room.
and It was a very bad room.
It was always full of mice.
There were hundreds of mice.
The mices ate *Dick's food.
SO *Dick was not happy  in the House.
But he did not say anything to Mr. Warren .
or Alice.
He loved Alice.
One day .
Dick saw a small boy in the street.
The boy had a cat in his arms.
Dick asked "Where are you taking the cat".
The boy said.
"I will  throw the cat in the river".
and I will kill it.
*Dick loved the cats.
So he said.
"Do not kill her".
"Give her to me".
That night.
 Dick took the cat to his room.
He had a  little bread to eat.
He put it  on the table.
Then a mouse came .
and it began to eat  the bread.
The cat jumped and caught the mouse.
and she killed it.
She killed many mice.
 all other  mices  ran away..
After that .
There were  no  mice in Dick's room.
*Alice saw that *Dick was unhappy.
and she knew .
The cook was unkind to him.
So she told her father..
Mr. warren said "the cook is  not a  nice woman".
She is fat and ugly.
and she looks unkind.
Dick is a nice boy.
He does his work nicely.
His face and hands  are always nice .
and they are clean.
*Dick shall work for me.
Mr. warren worked in a big ugly house near river.
He had many ships.
He sent the ships  far away .
to other countries.
the ships took things from england .
to other countries.
and they brought things from other countries.
 to England.
There were men working for him in  the big house.
There were men who worked on the ships.
Dick still lived in the little room.
and his cat was still with him.
One day .
Mr. Warren was sending a ship away.
 to another country.
He asked all his servants.
"Have you anything ".
"I  want to send on my ship".
They will sell it in  far country.
and I will give you the money.
Then all servants brought things to put to  the ship.
Then.
 Mr. Warren asked *Dick.
But .
Poor *Dick had nothing to send.
Alice said  .
"I will give dick something to send ".
But Mr. Warren said .
"No,".
"He must send something of his own".
Dick said "I have nothing ,".
"But I have only a cat".
"Why do not you  send your cat?" asked *Alice.
"I love my cat" said *Dick.
"But I must send her".
*Dick brought his cat  .
and he put her on the ship.
*Dick went back to his room.
He was very sad.
and he was alone now.
He slept alone in his  room.
The cat had gone.
The mice were beginning to come back to the room.
and dick could not sleep .
 because of mice.
The cook was still unkind to him.
and she did not give him nice food.
One night *Dick said.
"I can not stay here ".
"I will go away to  some other country".
He put on his clothes .
and he  went down.
He opened the door of the house.
and he went out alone  into the street.
He walked along the street.
He walked all night.
The street led out into the country.
It became a small road.
There were no houses in the country.
There were only trees and fields.
When morning was near.
He sat down on a stone at the side of the road.
He could not go on.
as he sat there.
 the sun came up into the sky.
as the sun came up .
The bells of London began to ring.
as they rang .
*Dick thought that they said.
"Come again".
"Come again".
"They are ringing to me" he thought.
They are calling me back to London.
They are saying "come back".
You will not always be poor and unhappy.
wait,.
and your day will come.
*Dick stood up.
"I will go back" he said.
He went back again to the city.
The ship went .
and it came to an unknown country.
The king of that country asked the men .
"show me all the things ".
So they went to the king's house.
They took beatiful things.
clothes,jevels,.
the rings,.
hats,shoes,axes,.
bags,,lamps.
The king looked at all the things.
and said "I don't want any of these things".
Bring me what I want.
Then I will fill your ship with gold.
Then the king told his servants to bring food.
They brought food .
They  put  it on the table.
before  men.
When  they put  the food .
Hundreds of mice came out of holes .
The men didn't see   many mice before.
The mices  jumped on the table .
and they ate all the food .
before their eyes.
The king said "this is what I want".
I want something to kill these mices.
They ate the food before our eyes.
They run over the food.
 before we can eat
They make holes in  our clothes.
As soon as we get into the bed.
They run over our faces.
They bite the children.
We can not kill them.
They are so small.
They run away.
 before we can catch them.
Give me something to  kill the mice .
and then I will fill your ship with gold.
One of the men asked.
"Have you no cats in this country".
"What is a cat?" said the king.
Then the man ran quickly .
and he  brought dick's cat.
as soon as the man came into the king's  hall.
The cat jumped from his arms.
She killed a mouse with one foot.
and she caught another.
She killed so many mice .
 the other mices ran away.
The king jumped up .
and he  cried "good,good".
I never saw a cat before.
"Give me the cat ".
"and I fill your ship with gold".
"I never saw so beatiful a thing before".
So the King took *Dick's cat.
and he gave  to the men much gold .
He filled their ship with gold.
The ship came back to London.
Mr. Warren went to the ship.
And he saw all the gold.
He said " What did you sell for so much gold".
The men said " The cat".
Then Mr-Warren sent for Dick..
He said "You have become very rich".
"You have more money than I have".
"Do you want to go away from us now".
Dick loved Alice ..
He said " no,I want to stay".
" and I want to work with you".
Mr. Warren said .
"You will not stay  as my servant".
"You will stay as my friend".
So Dick stayed with Mr. Warren .
After some years.
He married *Alice.
He became very rich.
and he was a very good man.
He was the richest man in london.
and Alice was the happiest woman.
THE END