Animal characters usually exhibit what you've described. Stereotypes regarding animals such as the lion being courageous or the fox being sly are usually found as traits of the characters themselves when created as anthropomorphic characters.
There are multiple in this case.
Would, have come, and work.
Answer:
The Owl and the cat are personified as a couple who are eloping with little means. They set sail in a pea-green boat with 5 pounds to their name and used one shilling of that (Around a quarter) to purchase a ring to consummate their marriage because they had tarried for too long.
The indefinite pronoun is somebody.