Peter Christen Asbjørnsen

“ And he had hardly thought this before one of the cats thrust her paw under the pot and tried to upset it.
"Paws off, pussy," said the tailor, "you'll burn your whiskers."
"Hark to the tailor, who says 'Paws off, pussy,' to me," said the cat to the other cats, and in a trice they all ran away from the fireplace, and began to dance and jump round the circle; and then all at once the same cat stole off to the fireplace and tried to upset the pot.
"Paws off, pussy, you'll burn your whiskers," bawled out the tailor again, and again he scared them from the fireplace. ”

“ Another Haunted Mill
ONCE on a time there was a mill; this mill was not in these parts, it was somewhere up the country; but wherever it was, north of the Fells or south of the Fells, it was not canny. ”