“Biddle the cat,” said daddy, “was very thirsty and he wanted to get a drink of milk.”
“‘Look,’ one of the family suddenly exclaimed. And from the study they could see a light in the pantry.
“When they went into the pantry there was Biddle on the pantry shelf and he had just pressed with his paw the electric light button—so the light had gone on!
“‘Do you want something, Biddle?’ one of the family asked, after they had all exclaimed at the wonderful thing which Biddle had just done.
“Biddle purred, and looked at the ice box, and they got some milk for him.
“But don’t you think it was clever of him to get the family into the pantry by turning on the light? This is a true story of Biddle Birdsall, the clever gray pussy-cat.”