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'Tick, tick—tick, tick.' If I keep on counting it, I shan't go to sleep. 'Tick, tick—tick, tick—tick, tick—tick—squeak! DICK DICK DICK TICK IF I KEEP ON COUNTING IT I SHAN'T GO TO SLEEP TICK TICK TICK DICK TICK DICK TICK SQUEAK
ok flew away with a loud caw of pleasure. [Illustration: “I SHALL KEEP AWAKE TILL THE RAT COMES”] CHAPTER IV. THE RAT “_The rat is a king. Tommy Smith has a peep At his palace: but is he awake or asleep?_” “I SEE you,” said the rat, as Tommy Smith passed through the yard of his father’s house. “I see you, but it is not the right time yet. Wait till to-night.” So all that day Tommy Smith kept thinking of what the rat had promised; and when his bedtime came, instead of wanting to stay up longer, as he usually did, he was quite pleased to go, and went upstairs without making any fuss. “Now,” thought he, as he made himself nice and snug in bed, “I shall keep awake till the rat comes. I am not at all sleepy. I can see the branch of the cedar tree by the window shaking in the wind, and I can hear the clock ticking on the staircase. ‘Tick, tick—tick, tick,’—I wonder if it gets tired of saying that all day long, and all night long, too, without ever once stopping,—unless they don’t wind it up. ER BOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LEVER BOX THAT ORG TOMMY SMITH'S ANIMALS BY EDMUND SELLOUS THE RAT THE RAT IS A KING TOMMY SMITH HAS A PEEP AT HIS PALACE BUT IS HE AWAKE OR ASLEEP I SEE YOU SAID THE RAT AS TOMMY SMITH PASSED THROUGH THE YARD OF HIS FATHER'S HOUSE I SEE YOU BUT IT IS NOT THE RIGHT TIME YET WAIT TILL TO NIGHT SO ALL THAT DAY TOMMY SMITH KEPT THINKING OF WHAT THE RAT HAD PROMISED AND WHEN HIS BEDTIME CAME INSTEAD OF WANTING TO STAY UP LONGER AS HE USUALLY DID HE WAS QUITE PLEASED TO GO AND WENT UPSTAIRS WITHOUT MAKING ANY FUSS NOW THOUGHT HE AS HE MADE HIMSELF NICE AND SNUG AND BAD I SHALL KEEP AWAKE TILL THE RAT COMES I AM NOT AT ALL SLEEPY I CAN SEE THE BRANCH OF THE CEDAR TREE BY THE WINDOW SHAKING IN THE WIND AND I CAN HEAR THE CLOCK TICKING ON THE STAIRCASE DICK DICK DICK DICK I WONDER IF IT GETS TIRED OF SAYING THAT ALL DAY LONG AND ALL NIGHT LONG TOO WITHOUT EVER ONCE STOPPING UNLESS THEY DON'T WIND IT UP
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