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"Well, that is a remarkable story," said the old clock. "But if you believe in Santa Claus, why aren't you in bed?" WELL THAT IS A REMARKABLE STORY SAID THE OLD CLOCK BUT IF YOU BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS WHY AREN'T YOU IN BED
ic all her life, she was at last befooled by the most palpable and most fatal of frauds. 'How good of you!' said Squeaknibble. 'I didn't believe there was a Santa Claus, and--' but before she could say more she was seized by two sharp, cruel claws that conveyed her crushed body to the murderous mouth of mousedom's most malignant foe. I can dwell no longer upon this harrowing scene. Suffice it to say that ere the morrow's sun rose like a big yellow Herkimer County cheese upon the spot where that tragedy had been enacted, poor Squeaknibble passed to that bourn whence two inches of her beautiful tail had preceded her by the space of three weeks to a day. As for Santa Claus, when he came that Christmas eve, bringing morceaux de Brie and of Stilton for the other little mice, he heard with sorrow of Squeaknibble's fate; and ere he departed he said that in all his experience he had never known of a mouse or of a child that had prospered after once saying that he didn't believe in Santa Claus. E WAS DECEIVED A SCEPTIC ALL HER LIFE SHE WAS AT LAST BEFOOLED BY THE MOST PALPABLE AND MOST FATAL OF FRAUDS HOW GOOD OF YOU SAID SQUEAK NIBBLE I DIDN'T BELIEVE THERE WAS A SANTA CLAUS AND BUT BEFORE SHE COULD SAY MORE SHE WAS SEIZED BY TWO SHARP CRUEL CLAWS THAT CONVEYED HER CRUSHED BODY INTO THE MURDEROUS MOUSE OF MASDAM'S MOST MALIGNANT FOE I CAN DWELL NO LONGER UPON THIS HARROWING SCENE SUFFICE IT TO SAY THAT ERE THE MORROW SUN ROSE LIKE A BIG YELLOW HERKIMILE COUNTY CHEESE UPON THE SPOT WHERE THAT TRAGEDY HAD BEEN ENACTED POOR SQUEAKNA WILL PASS TO THAT BOURN WHENCE TWO INCHES OF HER BEAUTIFUL TAIL HAD PRECEDED HER BY THE SPACE OF THREE WEEKS AND A DAY AS FOR SANTA CLAUS WHEN HE CAME THAT CHRISTMAS EVE BRINGING MORE SO DEBRIS AND OF STILTON FOR THE OTHER LITTLE MICE HE HEARD WITH SORROW A SQUEAK NIBBLE'S FATE AND ERE HE DEPARTED HE SAID THAT IN ALL HIS EXPERIENCES HE HAD NEVER KNOWN OF A MOUSE OR OF A CHILD THAT HAS PROSPERED AFTER ONCE SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS
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