toddlekins, the little aunt, was the image of her mother, and very sedate even at that early age; miss muffet, so called from her dread of spiders, was a timid black and white kit; beauty, a pretty maltese, with a serene little face and pink nose; ragbag, a funny thing, every color that a cat could be; and scamp, who well deserved his name, for he was the plague of miss bat's life, and molly's especial pet.