Freddie
and Bert took the kite to one end and Freddie held it up while Bert
prepared to let out the string and "run it up," as he called it.
[Illustration: THE KITE WENT UP INTO THE AIR AND SNOOP WITH IT.--P.
177.]
Now, as it happened, the eyes of Snoop were fixed on the long tail of
the kite, and when it went trailing over the ground Snoop leaped from
Flossie's arms and made a dash for it. The kitten's claws caught fast
in the tail, and in a moment more the kite went up into the air and
Snoop with it.
"Oh, my kitten!" called out Freddie. "Snoop has gone up with the kite!"
CHAPTER XXI
THE RESCUE OF SNOOP, THE KITTEN
It was certainly something that nobody had been expecting, and as the
kite went higher and higher, and Snoop with it, both Flossie and Freddie
set up a loud cry of fear.
"Snoop will be killed!" exclaimed the little girl. "Oh, poor dear
Snoop!" and she wrung her hands in despair.
"Let him down!" shrieked Freddie. "Oh, Bert, please let my dear kitten
down, won't you?"
Bert did not hear, for he was running over the common just as hard as he
could, in his endeavor to raise the kite.
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