and brave.
So they go to the corner of the yard.
There behind a big tree Bertha shows him a hole in the ground.
“What’s this?” asks Timoshka.
“A strange hole,” answers Bertha, “I think Somebody lives there. It is Somebody’s home.”
“And who is that Somebody? Is he dangerous?” Timoshka asks in a whisper.
“I don’t know,” says Bertha, “I only know that Somebody goes out of the hole at night.”
CHAPTER 8. SOMEBODY GOES OUT OF THE HOLE
It is evening.
Timoshka is at home.
He thinks, “Bertha wants to know who lives in the hole. She wants to wait near the hole at night. And to see Somebody who lives in the hole.
I want to see Somebody too. Of course, I am not afraid. But he may be dangerous. What to do? To go or not to go? But Bertha waits. I think it is better to go.”
He goes out of the house.
Bertha and Timoshka are near the hole. They wait. It’s dark and quiet.
Suddenly they hear some noise from the hole.
Timoshka jumps back and hides behind Bertha.
“Who is there?” he asks in a trembling voice.
Somebody goes out of the hole. And the friends see a small mouse.
Berta smiles because the mouse is very, very small.
“Who are you?” Timoshka asks.
“I am a mouse. My name is Moc, the little mouse answers.
“Are you dangerous?” Timoshka asks.
“No, I am not. But I think you are dangerous,” Moc says.
Timoshka is very surprised.
“Why am I dangerous?” he asks.
“Because you are a cat. Cats eat mice,” Moc says.
“No, I never eat mice,” Timoshka says.
“Really?” now Moc is surprised, “You are a very nice cat. Glad to meet you.”
CHAPTER 9. TIMOSHKA GOES TO A DOCTOR
Timoshka is sad. He goes to a doctor today.
After breakfast, he goes out of the house to see Bertha.
Bertha sees that Timoshka is sad.
“Why are you sad?” Bertha asks.
“I go to a doctor today,” Timoshka says.
“You are sad because you go to a doctor, why?” Bertha asks again, “What does the doctor do? Is he angry?”
“No,” Timoshka says, “he is not angry, he is very kind.”
“But why are you sad?” Bertha does not understand.
“Usually the doctor just looks at me and touches me. Sometimes he gives me a pill,” Timoshka explains, “But sometimes he gives me an injection. It is painful.”
At this moment Moc comes to them.
“Hi,” he says, “Why are you both so sad?”
“Timoshka goes to a doctor,” Bertha says.
“Is he angry, the doctor?” Moc asks.
“No, he is kind,” Bertha explains, “But he may give Timoshka an injection.”
“Is it painful?” asks Moc in a trembling voice.
“Yes, it is a bit painful,” Timoshka says.
At this moment Alyosha comes.
“Timoshka, it’s time to go to the doctor”, he says.
CHAPTER 10. TIMOSHKA AND THE DOCTOR
Timoshka and Alyosha are at the animal’s hospital.
The doctor looks at Timoshka and asks, “How are you, Timoshka?”
Timoshka doesn’t answer because he is a bit afraid.
But he thinks, “I am not afraid, I am not afraid.”
Alyosha says, “He is well. He doesn’t need an injection.”
Timoshka thinks, “I am not afraid, I am not afraid.”
The doctor touches Timoshka with his kind hands.
“Yes,” he says, “He is well. He doesn’t need an injection.”
Timoshka and Alyosha are happy. No injection, they may go home.
When they go into the yard they see Bertha and Moc.
They sit near Bertha’s house. They wait for Timoshka. They worry about him.
Timoshka jumps from Alyosha’s hands and runs to his friends.
“How are you?” Moc asks.
“How are you?” Bertha asks.
Timoshka smiles, “I am well. No injection. The doctor says I am well.”
Timoshka, Alyosha, Bertha and Moc are happy.
CHAPTER 11. THE FRIENDS WANT TO GO TO THE RIVER
Bertha, Timoshka, and Moc are sitting in the yard.
It’s warm. The weather is nice.
Alyosha comes to the friends and says, “We are going to the river.”
“Who is going to the river?” Moc asks.
“Mum, Dad and me,” Alyosha answers. “And Bertha can go too.”
“Me too,” says Timoshka, “I want to go to the river too.”
“I don’t know,” Alyosha says, “Cats don’t like rivers.”
“I don’t know what a river is,” Timoshka says. “Maybe I like the river. Maybe I don’t like the river. Is It dangerous?”
Bertha laughs, “No, it’s not dangerous,” she says, “It’s nice.”
“Ask Mum,” says Timoshka, “May I go with you too?”
Alyosha goes to ask Mum and she allows to take Timoshka to the river.
Bertha is happy. Timoshka is happy.
But Moc is sad. He is very, very sad. He wants to the river too.
“Ask Mum,” says Timoshka, “Maybe Moc can go with us too.”
“No, I don’t think that Mum will allow,” Alyosha says.
Moc is very, very sad.
“I stay at home,” Bertha says.
“I stay at home,” Timoshka says.
Suddenly Alyosha says, “I have an idea.”
He takes Moc and puts him into his pocket.
“How are you there?” Alyosha asks.
“I am fine,” Moc looks out of the pocket and smiles.
Timoshka and Bertha smile too.
“But you must sit very, very quietly.”
CHAPTER 12.