Well, I left him in my room so my mother wouldn't see him. 'Cause you hadn't convinced her to let you keep him yet, Mark said reasonably. Did you leave the cats to keep him company? Yes, Augusta said. And did they become best friends? Maripat asked, happily sensing the end of the story. No, Augusta said, knowing she was in too deep. He ate them.
In the story, Augusta admits to leaving a creature in her room to hide it from her mother, indicating that she had not yet convinced her mother to allow her to keep the pet. Mark questions if Augusta left her cats with the creature for companionship, to which she responds affirmatively, hinting at an impending twist in the tale.
As the conversation unfolds, Maripat eagerly anticipates a heartwarming conclusion, perhaps imagining a friendship between the pet and the cats. However, Augusta reveals a shocking truth: rather than becoming friends, the creature ended up eating the cats, indicating a darker turn in the narrative and leaving the others stunned by her revelation.
