im trying to get 4 categories with only 4 articles in laravel using this code:

$categoryArticles = Category::whereHas('articles')->with(['articles' => function($q){
    $q->select('id', 'title')->take(4);
}])->take(4)->get();

but its returning empty artilces relation for some categories, the when i remove the take(4) in relation, the code will work correctly:

$categoryArticles = Category::whereHas('articles')->with(['articles' => function($q){
    $q->select('id', 'title');
}])->take(4)->get();

but i need to take only 4 article for each category.
what is the problem?

Article.php Model:

public function categories() {
    return $this->belongsToMany(Category::class, 'article_category');
}

Category.php Model:

public function articles() {
    return $this->belongsToMany(Article::class, 'article_category');
}