The Wonderful Bed

he Pirate Chief towered above them all as he ran up and down the beach yowling out all sorts of commands to which was paid ve

an awful mean trick to play on him! He hasn't got any other boa

ravely, "but he'd get his paws wet, a

ven Peter smiled, for it seemed to them

f the cat pirates began to fade from sight, "there's a great dea

leaping in the air and turning a

shouted Growler, f

ed below to bring up the False Hare's suit case. When they returned they were followed by the two spotted sailors whom they introduced to the children as Toddles and Towser. Toddles and Towser wer

erth, and under the Chief's pillow, neatly folded ready for the night, Rudolf found Peter's pajamas. As they were quite dry now, he called Peter and insisted on his putting them on, much against the little boy's wishes, for hot and tight and furry as

is black ears showing. Ann had added to his costume by the loan of her blue hair-ribbon which she had tied in a nice bow on the tip of his tail. But Prowler, if possible, looked even more silly than Growler, for he copied the actions of Captain Mittens as closely as he could, folding his paws on his chest and s

, and what is the nearest land, and what we are going to do when we

go a little slower, for Rudolf was making his head ache and

till ye git somewheres where somethin's gotter be did, an' then like'

, my hearties!" he shouted, and up he jumped, stood on his furry head on the deck,

pleasant thought of tea, and when the tray arriv

he fixed his round yellow eyes on a small cove

s she sniffed the steam an expression of disgust wrinkle

"Catnip tea and stewed mouses' tails-an

nything like that before?" asked Growler sweetly, and as he spoke he reached ov

like this kind of a te

g else for the children to do, they sat and watched the two mates eat, all of them feeling decidedly cross, especially Peter. When every drop was finished and every crumb licked up, G

Ann. "And what are we going

he added quickly as he saw how frightened his little sister looked. "But there's land close ahead, as su

f itself and had curled themselves up in a soft round ball on the deck

olf, "but as I don't know much about sailing a boat except what I've read in books, and

d Prowler up," Ann begged. "T

hem to stir. Meanwhile the Merry Mouser was drifting dangerously near land, in spite of all Rudolf could do to prevent her. He did several things and he ordered Peter and Ann to do a good many others, but all of th

"is for us to get into the little boat we are towing and row ourselves ash

last able to understand what had happened, they merely turned over and growled out: "Oh, is that all? Aground, are we? Ye needn't have waked us up for that! Be off as

ad brought alongside. When all were safely aboard, he cut loose the tow-rope, took the oars, and pulled away from the pira