And so he went back over the sunny hills and down through the cool valleys, to show all his pretty kittens to the very old woman.
It was very funny to see those hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of cats following him.
They came to a pond.
Mew, mew, we are thirsty, cried the hundreds of cats, thousands of cats,millions and billions and trillions of cats.
Well, here is a great deal of water, said the very old man.
Each cat took a sip of water, and the pond was gone.
Mew, Now we are hungry. said the hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.
Threre is much grass on the hills, said the very old man.
Each cat ate a mouthful of grass and not a blade was left.
Pretty soon the very old woman saw them coming.
My dear, she cried, What are you doing? I asked for one little cat, and what do I see?
Cats here, cats there, cats and kittens everywhere.
Hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions and trillions of cats.
But we can never feed them all, said the very old woman, They will eat us out of house and home.
I never thought of that, said the very old man, What shall we do?
The very old woman thought for a while and them she said, I know, we will let the cats decided which one we should keep.
Oh yes, said the very old man, and he called to the cats, Which one of you is the pretties?
I am, I am, no, I am. I am the prettiest.
cried hundreds and thousands and millions and billions and trillions of voices, for each cat thought itself the prettiest.
And they began to quarrel.
They bit and screatched and clawed each other and made such a great noise that the very old man and they very old woman ran into the house as fast as they could.
