PINK-WHISTLE HAS SOME FUN! ONE day Mr. Pink-Whistle was sitting reading by the fire, when he heard a knock at his front door. It was rather a timid little knock—rat-a-tat-tat. "Sooty," said Pink-Whistle to his big black cat, "see who's at the door, please." Sooty scurried to the door and opened it. Outside stood two little girls, looking rather scared. "Oh!" said one, when she saw Sooty, "this must be Mr. Pink-Whistle's house, because we know he has a cat called Sooty who looks after him. Please, are you Sooty?" "That's my name," said Sooty. "Do come in." The two little girls went in and wiped their feet very carefully on the mat. Sooty took them into the room where Mr. Pink-Whistle sat. He smiled at them. "Oh, you're just exactly like Mr. Pink-Whistle in our stories!" said one little girl. "You are, really!" "I'm glad," said Pink-Whistle. "As a matter of fact I always do look like myself, of course. What are your names?" "I'm Katie and she's Jessie," said Katie.
