Tom was playing with his sisters.
The three kittens played in the yard.
They chased butterflies.
They played tag.
But soon Tom got bored.
Tom looked toward the gate.
"Hmm," he thought. "What's that?"
Tom crawled under the gate.
"Where are you going, Tom?" Moppet asked.
Tom did not answer.
So Moppet crawled under the gate too.
Mittens frowned at Tom and Moppet.
"Don't go near the road!" she said.
Tom and Moppet ran toward the road.
"Mittens!" Tom said. "Look what we found!"
Mittens crawled under the gate.
She ran to her brother and sister.
"We found a box!" Moppet said.
The kittens jumped into the wooden box.
It was full of wool.
"It's cozy in here," Moppet said.
"It's a secret hiding place!" said Tom.
Mittens looked worried.
"We have to go home soon," she said.
Suddenly Tom heard a man's voice.
It was the farmer.
Then the box went up.
"Uh-oh," Tom thought.