` I 'm going to tell you all your faults . Number one : you squeaked twice while Dinah was washing your face this morning . Now you ca n't deny it , Kitty : I heard you ! What 's that you say ? ' -LRB- pretending that the kitten was speaking . -RRB- ` Her paw went into your eye ? Well , that 's YOUR fault , for keeping your eyes open -- if you 'd shut them tight up , it would n't have happened . Now do n't make any more excuses , but listen ! Number two : you pulled Snowdrop away by the tail just as I had put down the saucer of milk before her ! What , you were thirsty , were you ? How do you know she was n't thirsty too ? Now for number three : you unwound every bit of the worsted while I was n't looking ! ` That 's three faults , Kitty , and you 've not been punished for any of them yet . You know I 'm saving up all your punishments for Wednesday week -- Suppose they had saved up all MY punishments ! ' she went on , talking more to herself than the kitten . ` What WOULD they do at the end of a year ? I should be sent to prison , I suppose , when the day came . Or -- let me see -- suppose each punishment was to be going without a dinner : then , when the miserable day came , I should have to go without fifty dinners at once ! Well , I should n't mind THAT much ! I 'd far rather go without them than eat them !
` Do you hear the snow against the window-panes , XXXXX ?
Dinah Kitty Number Snowdrop dinners excuses morning saucer week year