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pears; and the oranges。 

     As the fish would not come off the plate; they put it into the red…hot 

crinkly paper fire in the kitchen; but it would not burn either。 

     TOM THUMB went up the kitchen chimney and looked out at the top… 

…there was no soot。 

     WHILE Tom Thumb was up the chimney; Hunca Munca had another 

disappointment。  She  found   some   tiny  canisters upon   the dresser;   labeled 

〃Rice;〃   〃Coffee?〃   〃Sago〃;   but   when   she   turned   them  upside   down   there 

was nothing inside except red and blue beads。 

     THEN   those   mice   set   to   work   to   do   all   the   mischief   they   could 

especially Tom Thumb! He took Jane's clothes out of the chest of drawers 

in her bedroom; and he threw them out of the top… floor window。 

     But   Hunca   Munca   had  a   frugal   mind。 After   pulling   half   the   feathers 

out of Lucinda's bolster; she remembered that she herself was in want of a 

feather…bed。 

     WITH Tom Thumb's assistance she carried the bolster down…stairs and 

across    the   hearth…rug。    It  was   difficult  to  squeeze    the   bolster   into  the 



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mouse…hole; but they managed it somehow。 

     THEN   Hunca   Munca   went   back   and   fetched   a   chair;   a   bookcase;   a 

bird…cage;   and   several   small   odds   and   ends。 The   bookcase   and   the   bird… 

cage refused to go into the mouse…hole。 

     HUNCA MUNCA left them behind the coal… box; and went to fetch a 

cradle。 

     HUNCA        MUNCA        was    just  returning    with    another    chair;  when 

suddenly there was a noise of talking outside upon the landing。 The mice 

rushed back to their hole; and the dolls came into the nursery。 

     WHAT a sight met the eyes of Jane and Lucinda! 

     Lucinda sat upon the upset kitchen stove and stared; and Jane leaned 

against   the   kitchen   dresser   and   smiled;   but   neither   of   them   made   any 

remark。 

     THE bookcase and the bird… cage were rescued from under the coal… 

box; but Hunca Munca has got the cradle and some of Lucinda's clothes。 

     SHE also has some useful pots and pans; and several other things。 

     THE little girl that the doll's house belonged to said: 〃I will get a doll 

dressed like a policeman!〃 

     BUT the nurse said: 〃I will set a mouse…trap!〃 

     SO that is the story of the two Bad Mice。 But they were not so very; 

very naughty after all; because Tom Thumb paid for everything he broke。 

     He    found    a   crooked     sixpence    under    the   hearth…rug;    and    upon 

Christmas Eve he and Hunca Munca stuffed it into one of the stockings of 

Lucinda and Jane。 

     AND   very   early   every   morning   before   anybody   is   awakeHunca 

Munca   comes   with   her   dust…pan   and   her   broom   to   sweep   the   Dollies' 

house! 

       THE END 



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