Crazy Cats

He broke up some of the boxes and made a fire with him. Then he sat down in front of the fire and dried himself. It was so warm and cozy that he fell asleep. When he woke up, a black cat was sitting near the fire.

It stared at him for a while. Then it purred. That's a nice cat he thought. And he dozed off again. When he opened his eyes, there was a second cat in the room. But this one was as big as a wolf.

It looked at him very closely and it asked, Oh, shall we do it now? No. The other cat? Let's wait two more. Come. I must be dreaming, though, the old man. He closed his eyes again.

He took another look. But now there was a third cat in the room. And this cat was as big as a tiger. It looked the old man over and it asked, How we do it now?

No, said any other. Wait till Martin comes. The old man jumped up, jumped out the window and started running and he yelled over his shoulder, When Martin comes you tell him I couldn't wait!