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THE END THE PIE AND THE PATTY - PAN Pussy - cat sits by the fire — how should she be fair ? In walks the little dog — says " Pussy are you there ? How do you do mistress Pussy ? Mistress Pussy , how do you do ? " " I thank you kindly , little dog , I fare as well as you ! " Old Rhyme . ONCE upon a time there was a Pussy - cat called Ribby , who invited a little dog called Duchess to tea . " Come in good time , my dear Duchess , " said Ribby's letter , " and we will have something so very nice . I am baking it in a pie - dish — a pie - dish with a pink rim . You never tasted anything so good ! And YOU shall eat it all ! I will eat muffins , my dear Duchess ! " wrote Ribby . Duchess read the letter and wrote an answer : — " I will come with much pleasure at a quarter past four . But it is very strange . I was just going to invite you to come here , to supper , my dear Ribby , to eat something MOST DELICIOUS . " " I will come very punctually , my dear Ribby , " wrote Duchess ; and then at the end she added — " I hope it isn't mouse ? " And then she thought that did not look quite polite ; so she scratched out " isn't mouse " and changed it to " I hope it will be fine , " and she gave her letter to the postman . But she thought a great deal about Ribby's pie , and she read Ribby's letter over and over again . " I am dreadfully afraid it WILL be mouse ! " said Duchess to herself — " I really couldn't , COULDN'T eat mouse pie . And I shall have to eat it , because it is a party . And MY pie was going to be veal and ham . A pink and white pie - dish ! and so is mine ; just like Ribby's dishes ; they were both bought at Tabitha Twitchit's . " Duchess went into her larder and took the pie off a shelf and looked at it . " It is all ready to put into the oven . Such lovely pie - crust ; and I put in a little tin patty - pan to hold up the crust ; and I made a hole in the middle with a fork to let out the steam — Oh I do wish I could eat my own pie , instead of a pie made of mouse ! " Duchess considered and considered and read Ribby ' s letter again — " A pink and white pie - dish - and YOU shall eat it all . ' You ' means me — then Ribby is not going to even taste the pie herself ? A pink and white pie - dish ! Ribby is sure to go out to buy the muffins … . . Oh what a good idea ! Why shouldn't I rush along and put my pie into Ribby's oven when Ribby isn't there ? " Duchess was quite delighted with her own cleverness ! Ribby in the meantime had received Duchess's answer , and as soon as she was sure that the little dog would come — she popped HER pie into the oven . There were two ovens , one above the other ; some other knobs and handles were only ornamental and not intended to open . Ribby put the pie into the lower oven ; the door was very stiff .
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