This chapter opens with a description of a tavern on a hill in the middle of nowhere. It's been three days since the tavern was opened, and the three cats have come to the tavern to fight. The tavern's owner, a bratty kid named Hawk, is horrified to see them coming. He tells Hawk that he's the one who brought them the food, and that they're going to have a fight with them. Hawk is all, "I deserve better food than this" . He's also all "I could whip a pig up for you" , which is a reference to the fact that a roast pig only takes cooking