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"I suppose you are the rat," said Tommy Smith, rubbing his eyes. "Yes, I am," the same voice answered. "But it is too dark for you to see me here. Get up, and put on some of your clothes, and then we will come down to the kitchen. The fire is not quite out, and you can put a few more sticks on it. Then you will be able to see me as well as I can see you now, and we can talk together comfortably." [Illustration: PAT, PAT, PAT. "DO YOU HEAR?"] "But can you see in the dark?" I SUPPOSE YOU ARE THE RAT SAID TOMMY SMITH RUBBING HIS EYES YES I AM THE VOICE ANSWERED BUT IT IS TOO DARK FOR YOU TO SEE ME HERE GET UP AND PUT ON SOME OF YOUR CLOTHES AND THEN WE WILL COME DOWN TO THE KITCHEN THE FIRE IS NOT QUITE OUT AND YOU CAN PUT A FEW MORE STICKS ON IT THEN YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE ME AS WELL AS I CAN SEE YOU NOW AND WE CAN TALK TOGETHER COMFORTABLY BUT CAN YOU SEE IN THE DARK
w,” 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. ‘Tick, tick—tick, tick.’ If I keep on counting it, I shan’t go to sleep. ‘Tick, tick—tick, tick—tick, tick—tick—squeak!’” “What was that?” said Tommy Smith, as he sat up in bed. “That wasn’t the clock;” and then, all at once, the old clock on the stairs struck one. “One? Then it must be wrong. When I got into bed it was only”— “It is quite right,” said a squeaky little voice close to Tommy Smith’s ear, “I don’t know what time it was when you got into bed, but you have been asleep for a good many hours; and now it is one in the morning, which is what _I_ call a nice, comfortable time.” TE 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 DICK DICK DICK TICK IF I KEEP ON COUNTING IT I SHAN'T GO TO SLEEP TICK TICK TICK DICK TICK DICK TICK SQUEAK WHAT WAS THAT SAID TOMMY SMITH AS HE SAT UP IN BED THAT WASN'T THE CLOCK AND THEN ALL AT ONCE THE OLD CLOCK ON THE STAIR STRUCK ONE WHAT THEN IT MUST BE WRONG WHEN I GOT INTO BED IT WAS ONLY IT IS QUITE RIGHT SAID A SQUEAKY LITTLE VOICE CLOSE TO TOMMY SMITH'S EAR I DON'T KNOW WHAT TIME IT WAS WHEN YOU GOT INTO BED BUT YOU HAVE BEEN ASLEEP FOR A GOOD MANY HOURS AND NOW IT IS ONE IN THE MORNING WHICH IS WHAT I CALL A NICE COMFORTABLE TIME
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