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Then a mouse ran up the cushions, and with a terrified leap poor Jinjur shot clear over the head of the Scarecrow and escaped through an archway—never pausing in her wild career until she had reached the city gates. THEN A MOUSE RAN UP THE CUSHIONS AND WITH A TERRIFIED LEAP POOR GINGER SHOT CLEAR OVER THE HEAD OF THE SCARECROW AND ESCAPED THROUGH AN ARCHWAY NEVER PAUSING IN HER WILD CAREER UNTIL SHE HAD REACHED THE CITY GATES
ce his expression changed from sadness to joy, and raising his hand he quickly unbuttoned the front of his jacket. This action did not pass unnoticed by the crowd of girls clustering about him, but none of them suspected what he was doing until a tiny grey mouse leaped from his bosom to the floor and scampered away between the feet of the Army of Revolt. Another mouse quickly followed; then another and another, in rapid succession. And suddenly such a scream of terror went up from the Army that it might easily have filled the stoutest heart with consternation. The flight that ensued turned to a stampede, and the stampede to a panic. For while the startled mice rushed wildly about the room the Scarecrow had only time to note a whirl of skirts and a twinkling of feet as the girls disappeared from the palace—pushing and crowding one another in their mad efforts to escape. The Queen, at the first alarm, stood up on the cushions of the throne and began to dance frantically upon her tiptoes. OVE GENTLY AT ONCE HIS EXPRESSION CHANGED FROM SADNESS TO JOY AND RAISING HIS HAND HE QUICKLY UNBUTTONED THE FRONT OF HIS JACKET THIS ACTION DID NOT PASS UNNOTICED BY THE CROWD OF GIRLS CLUSTERING ABOUT HIM BUT NONE OF THEM SUSPECTED WHAT HE WAS DOING UNTIL A TINY GRAY MOUSE LEAPED FROM HIS BOSOM TO THE FLOOR AND SCAMPERED AWAY BETWEEN THE FEET OF THE ARMY OF REVOLT ANOTHER MOUSE QUICKLY FOLLOWED THEN ANOTHER AND ANOTHER IN RAPID SUCCESSION AND SUDDENLY SUCH A SCREAM OF TERROR WENT UP FROM THE ARMY THAT IT MIGHT EASILY HAVE FILLED THE STOUTEST HEART WITH CONSTERNATION THE FLIGHT THAT ENSUED TURNED TO A STAMPEDE AND THE STAMPEDE TO A PANIC FOR WHILE THE STARTLED MICE RUSHED WILDLY ABOUT THE ROOM THE SCARECROW HAD ONLY TIME TO NOTE A WHIRL OF SKIRTS AND A TWINKLING OF FEET AS THE GIRLS DISAPPEARED FROM THE PALACE PUSHING AND CROWDING ONE ANOTHER IN THEIR MAD EFFORTS TO ESCAPE THE QUE AT THE FIRST ALARM STOOD UP ON THE CUSHIONS OF THE THRONE AND BEGAN TO DANCE FRANTICALLY UPON HER TIPTOES
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