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"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?" 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
 I saw and heard them, I should never have believed them. The clock stood, of course, in the corner, a moonbeam floated idly on the floor, and a little mauve mouse came from the hole in the chimney corner and frisked and scampered in the light of the moonbeam upon the floor. The little mauve mouse was particularly merry; sometimes she danced upon two legs and sometimes upon four legs, but always very daintily and always 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. SOUL STRANGE THINGS HAPPENED BUT THAT I SAW AND HEARD THEM I SHOULD NEVER HAVE BELIEVED THEM THE CLOCK STOOD OF COURSE IN THE CORNER A MOONBEAM FLOATED IDLY ON THE FLOOR AND A LITTLE MAUVE MOUSE CAME FROM THE HOLE IN THE CHIMNEY CORNER AND FRISKED AND SCAMPERED IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOONBEAM UPON THE FLOOR THE LITTLE MAUVE MOUSE WAS PARTICULARLY MERRY SOMETIMES SHE DANCED UPON TWO LEGS AND SOMETIMES 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
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