The Mouse and His ChildA wind-up toy mouse and his child, broken and then mended, set out to find the animals and doll house with which they were in the toy shop. Along the way, they make enemies with a dump rat and have many adventures. |
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Page 138
... night , until now the boss of the dump was nervous and jumpy , and had scant pleasure of the distinguished company assembled under his roof . Having mingled briefly with the guests , he took himself off to his watchtower and paced ...
... night , until now the boss of the dump was nervous and jumpy , and had scant pleasure of the distinguished company assembled under his roof . Having mingled briefly with the guests , he took himself off to his watchtower and paced ...
Page 140
... night , but both had reached the end of their resources in the dim blue mists of morning . Most of the guests lay ... night , stood and lay where Iggy had unloaded them . The dark horizon was suffused with light , and in the dump the ...
... night , but both had reached the end of their resources in the dim blue mists of morning . Most of the guests lay ... night , stood and lay where Iggy had unloaded them . The dark horizon was suffused with light , and in the dump the ...
Page 156
... night after night , by the wavering light of candle stubs , the tireless windups swung from strings hauled up and lowered by the birds , while Frog hung giddily in a variety of slings and bosun's chairs , putting in the finer touches ...
... night after night , by the wavering light of candle stubs , the tireless windups swung from strings hauled up and lowered by the birds , while Frog hung giddily in a variety of slings and bosun's chairs , putting in the finer touches ...
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ahead asked the child asked the mouse beaver beer-can bittern bluejay BONZO Dog Food broken Caws of Art chipmunk CHONK clock clockwork Crow dance dark doll house dump elephant Euterpe eyes fell felt fireflies flea circus flew forage squad gone good-luck coin guard hawk head heard hopped hung Iggy inside kingfisher Last Visible Dog laughed legs light looked Manny Rat meadow mice Miss Mudd mouse child mouse father moved Much-in-Little Muskrat night nutshell drum once Papa pine platform pond Ralphie rattled rock rusty seemed self-winding Serpentina shadows shrews sighed silence slowly smash smiled snow sound spears spring stared stood stopped stream sunlight teeth territory There's tin seal took toys tracks tramp trash Uncle Frog Uncle Manny unwound voice waited walked watched weasels What's whispered whistling wind window windups wings wires wood mice wound yelled