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"Yes, I understand," said the old clock. YES I UNDERSTAND SAID THE OLD CLOCK
pend upon it that, when that awful cat heard Squeaknibble speak so disrespectfully of Santa Claus, her wicked eyes glowed with joy, her sharp teeth watered, and her bristling fur emitted electric sparks as big as marrowfat peas. Then what did that blood-thirsty monster do but scuttle as fast as she could into Dear-my-Soul's room, leap up into Dear-my-Soul's crib, and walk off with the pretty little white muff which Dear-my-Soul used to wear when she went for a visit to the little girl in the next block! What upon earth did the horrid old cat want with Dear-my-Soul's pretty little white muff? Ah, the duplicity, the diabolical ingenuity of that cat! Listen. "In the first place," resumed the little mauve mouse, after a pause that testified eloquently to the depth of her emotion,--"in the first place, that wretched cat dressed herself up in that pretty little white muff, by which you are to understand that she crawled through the muff just so far as to leave her four cruel legs at liberty. LE MICE AND YOU CAN DEPEND UPON IT THAT WHEN THAT AWFUL CAT HEARD SQUEAK NIBBLE SPEAK SO DISRESPECTFULLY OF SANTA CLAUS HER WICKED EYES GLOWED WITH JOY HER SHARP TEETH WATERED AND HER BRISTLING FUR EMITTED ELECTRIC SPARKS AS BIG AS MARROW FAT PEAS THEN WHAT DID THAT BLOODTHIRSTY MONSTER DO BUT SCUTTLE AS FAST AS SHE COULD INTO DEAR MY SOUL'S ROOM LEAP UP INTO DEAR MY SOUL'S CRIB AND WALK OFF WITH THE PRETTY LITTLE WHITE MUFF WHICH DEAR MY SOUL USED TO WEAR WHEN SHE WENT FOR A VISIT TO THE LITTLE GIRL IN THE NEXT BLOCK WHAT UPON EARTH DID THE HORRID OLD CAT WANT WITH DEAR MY SOUL'S PRETTY LITTLE WHITE MUFF AH THE DUPLICITY THE DIABOLICAL INGENUITY OF THAT CAT LISTEN IN THE FIRST PLACE RESUMED THE LITTLE MOUVE MOUSE AFTER A PAUSE THAT TESTIFIED ELOQUENTLY TO THE DEPTH OF HER EMOTION IN THE FIRST PLACE THAT WRETCHED CAT DRESSED HERSELF UP IN THAT PRETTY LITTLE WHITE MUFF BY WHICH YOU ARE TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE CRAWLED THROUGH THE MUFF JUST SO FAR AS TO LEAVE HER FOUR CRUEL LEGS AT LIBERTY
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