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In fact, I have been so good that I'm very sure Santa Claus will bring me something very pretty." IN FACT I HAVE BEEN SO GOOD THAT I AM VERY SURE SANTA CLAUS WILL BRING ME SOMETHING VERY PRETTY
ways very merrily. "Ah, me!" sighed the old clock, "how different mice are nowadays from the mice we used to have in the good old times! Now there was your grandma, Mistress Velvetpaw, and there was your grandpa, Master Sniffwhisker,--how grave and dignified they were! Many a night have I seen them dancing upon the carpet below me, but always the stately minuet and never that crazy frisking which you are executing now, to my surprise--yes, and to my horror, too." "But why shouldn't I be merry?" asked the little mauve mouse. "To-morrow is Christmas, and this is Christmas eve." "So it is," said the old clock. "I had really forgotten all about it. But tell me, what is Christmas to you, little Miss Mauve Mouse?" "A great deal to me!" cried the little mauve mouse. "I have been very good a very long time: I have not used any bad words, nor have I gnawed any holes, nor have I stolen any canary seed, nor have I worried my mother by running behind the flour-barrel where that horrid trap is set. ES UPON FOUR LEGS BUT ALWAYS VERY DAINTILY AND ALWAYS VERY MERRILY AH ME SIGHED THE OLD CLOCK HOW DIFFERENT MY SONG NOWADAYS FROM THE MICE WE USED TO HAVE IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES NOW THERE WAS YOUR GRANDMA MISTRESS VELVETPAR AND THERE WAS YOUR GRANDPA MASTER SNIFF WHISKER HOW GRAVE AND DIGNIFIED THEY WERE MANY A NIGHT HAVE I SEEN THEM DANCING UPON THE CARPET BELOW ME BUT ALWAYS THIS STATELY MINUET AND NEVER THAT CRAZY FRISKING WHICH YOU ARE EXECUTING NOW TO MY SURPRISE YES AND TO MY HORROR TOO BUT WHY SHOULDN'T I BE MERRY ASKED THE LITTLE MOVE MOUSE TO MORROW IS CHRISTMAS AND THIS IS CHRISTMAS EVE SO IT IS SAID THE OLD CLOCK I HAD REALLY FORGOTTEN ALL ABOUT IT BUT TELL ME WHAT IS CHRISTMAS TO YOU LITTLE MISS MOAVE MOUSE A GREAT DEAL TO ME CRIED THE LITTLE MOVE MOUSE I HAVE BEEN VERY GOOD A VERY LONG TIME I HAVE NOT USED ANY BAD WORDS NOR HAVE I GNAWED ANY HOLES NOR HAVE I STOLEN ANY CANARY SEED NOR HAVE I WORRIED MY MOTHER BY RUNNING BEHIND THE FLOWER BARROW WHERE THAT HORRID TRAP IS SET
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