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He did n't have any ! `` But I 'm Puss in Boots , Junior , '' he said , with such a lovely purr that the maid opened the door wide : `` Come in , dear Puss , Junior . '' Just then Wee Willie Winkie ran down the stairs , crying : `` Are the children in their beds ? It 's past eight o'clock . '' Closing the front door , he whispered through the keyhole , `` Are the children in their beds ? '' And before he reached the sidewalk he turned back and , rapping on the window , cried , `` It 's past eight o'clock ! '' `` Little kittens do n't need Wee Willie Winkie , I guess , '' said the maid , tickling Puss , Jr. 's , head .