As he neared his home in the cherry tree, saw a fearsome sight. Miss Kitty Cat was right on top of the tin can which Johnnie Green had nailed to the tree. Inside that can was the Wren family's nest. And inside the nest were some brand-new youngsters, only two days out of their shells.  
It was no wonder that when Rusty Wren came from the and saw such a sight he began to .
 
"What are you doing on my roof?" he .
 
Miss Kitty Cat looked up calmly and watched him as he about in the top of the tree above her head.
 
"I've come to make another call on your wife," she explained.
 
Then a voice , "She's been here a long time and I can't get her to go away."
 
The moment he heard that, Rusty Wren felt better. It was his wife's voice and it meant that she was safe. To be sure, Rusty knew that she was a prisoner in her own house; for it was plain that she dared not leave it so long as Miss Kitty Cat stayed on the roof, ready to grab Mrs. Wren the moment she stepped out of her .
 
"Your wife is very shy," Miss Kitty remarked to Rusty Wren with a sly smile. "I've been hoping to get more acquainted with her. That's why I climbed up and sat on your roof. When people are shyp. 58 and don't invite me inside their houses I believe in making myself at home outside, while I wait for them to appear."
 
From her doorway Mrs. Wren called to her husband, "Don't let her deceive you with her pretty talk! Remember what I told you! She's mealy-mouthed.... If you had seen her trying............