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Of course, her parents were vastly annoyed, for their maturer natures saw that this youthful scepticism portended serious, if not fatal, consequences. Yet all in vain did the sagacious couple reason and plead with their headstrong and heretical child. OF COURSE HER PARENTS WERE VASTLY ANNOYED FOR THEIR MATURER NATURES SAW THAT THIS YOUTHFUL SKEPTICISM PORTENDED SERIOUS IF NOT FATAL CONSEQUENCES YET ALL IN VAIN DID THE SAGACIOUS COUPLE REASON AND PLEAD WITH THEIR HEADSTRONG AND HERETICAL CHILD
 eve."] "I once had a little sister," continued the little mauve mouse, "who did not believe in Santa Claus, and the very thought of the fate that befell her makes my blood run cold and my whiskers stand on end. She died before I was born, but my mother has told me all about her. Perhaps you never saw her; her name was Squeaknibble, and she was in stature one of those long, low, rangy mice that are seldom found in well-stocked pantries. Mother says that Squeaknibble took after our ancestors who came from New England, where the malignant ingenuity of the people and the ferocity of the cats rendered life precarious indeed. Squeaknibble seemed to inherit many ancestral traits, the most conspicuous of which was a disposition to sneer at some of the most respected dogmas in mousedom. From her very infancy she doubted, for example, the widely accepted theory that the moon was composed of green cheese; and this heresy was the first intimation her parents had of the sceptical turn of her mind. WITH A BUNDLE OF GOODIES FOR ME I ONCE HAD A LITTLE SISTER CONTINUED THE LITTLE MOVE MOUSE WHO DID NOT BELIEVE IN SANTA CLAUS AND THE VERY THOUGHT OF THE FATE THAT BEFEL HER MAKES MY BLOOD RUN COLD AND MY WHISKERS STAND ON END SHE DIED BEFORE I WAS BORN BUT MY MOTHER HAS TOLD ME ALL ABOUT HER PERHAPS YOU NEVER SAW HER HER NAME WAS SQUEAKNIBBLE AND SHE WAS IN STATURE ONE OF THOSE LONG LOW RANGY MICE THAT ARE SELDOM FOUND IN WELL STOCKED PANTRIES MOTHER SAYS THAT SQUEAKNIBBLE TOOK AFTER OUR ANCESTORS WHO CAME FROM NEW ENGLAND WHERE THE MALIGNANT INGENUITY OF THE PEOPLE AND THE FEROCITY OF THE CATS RENDERED LIFE PRECARIOUS INDEED SQUEAKNIBBLE SEEMED TO INHERIT MANY ANCESTRAL TRAITS THE MOST CONSPICUOUS OF WHICH WAS A DISPOSITION TO SNARE AT SOME OF THE MOST RESPECTED DOGMAS IN MAUSDAM FROM HER VERY INFANCY SHE DOUBTED FOR EXAMPLE THE WIDELY ACCEPTED THEORY THAT THE MOON WAS COMPOSED OF GREEN CHEESE AND THIS HERESY WAS THE FIRST INTIMATION HER PARENTS HAD OF THIS SKEPTICAL TURN OF HER MIND
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