towie

Beth was alone in the dining-room eating bread and butter, and Towie, the cat, came into the room with a mouse in her mouth.

The mouse was alive, and Towie let it run a little way, and then pounced down upon it, then gave it a pat to make it run again.

I jist tuik the towie (string) into the bed wi' me, and whan the bairnie grat, I waukit, an' rockit it till 't fell asleep again.

At last Towie began to eat her mouse, beginning with its head, which it crushed.