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The next time Tommy Smith heard the old clock on the stairs, it was striking eight, so, of course, it was broad daylight, and high time to get up. THE NEXT TIME TOMMY SMITH HEARD THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRS IT WAS STRIKING EIGHT SO OF COURSE IT WAS BROAD DAYLIGHT AND HIGH TIME TO GET UP
ts cried out, “Bite him!” in a very loud and shrill voice. Oh, how fast little Tommy Smith ran! “The caves!” he thought. “They lead to all the kitchens of the world, so one of them must lead to ours.” He got to one, but the rats were close behind him. He could see their eyes shining in the dark as he looked back. “Oh dear!” he said; “I shall be caught. It’s getting narrower and narrower, and, of course, it must be a rat’s hole at the other end. Ah, there! I’m stuck, and I shall be bitten all over.” As he said this, he kicked and squeezed as hard as he could, and, to his great surprise, he found that the sides of the rat-hole were quite soft—in fact, they felt very like bedclothes; and the next moment his head was on his own pillow, and the old clock on the staircase struck two. “Well, good-night,” said a squeaky little voice, that he seemed to have heard before. “If you _will_ go to sleep, I can’t help it, but I think the way in which little boys turn night into day is quite dreadful.”  AT THIS THERE WAS GREAT COMMOTION AND THE KING OF THE RATS CRIED OUT BITE HIM IN A VERY LOUD AND SHRILL VOICE OH HOW FAST LITTLE TOMMY SMITH RAN THE CAVES HE THOUGHT THEY LEAD TO ALL THE KITCHENS OF THE WORLD SO ONE OF THEM MUST LEAD TO OURS HE GOT TO ONE BUT THE RATS WERE CLOSE BEHIND HIM HE COULD SEE THEIR EYES SHINING IN THE DARK AS HE LOOKED BACK OH DEAR HE SAID I SHALL BE CAUGHT IT'S GETTING NARROWER AND NARROWER AND OF COURSE IT MUST BE A RAT'S HOLE ON THE OTHER END OF THERE I'M STUCK AND I SHALL BE BITTEN ALL OVER AS HE SAID THIS HE KICKED AND SQUEEZED AS HARD AS HE COULD AND TO HIS GREAT SURPRISE HE FOUND THAT THE SIDES THE RAT HOLE WERE QUITE SOFT IN FACT THEY FELT VERY LIKE BEDCLOTHES AND THE NEXT MOMENT HIS HEAD WAS ON HIS OWN PILLOW AND THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIRCASE STRUCK TWO WELL GOOD NIGHT SAID A SQUEAKY LITTLE VOICE THAT HE SEEMED TO HAVE HEARD BEFORE IF YOU WILL GO TO SLEEP I CAN'T HELP IT BUT I THINK THE WAY IN WHICH LITTLE BOYS TURN NIGHT INTO DAY IS QUITE DREADFUL
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