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〃It's as hard as the hams

at the cheesemonger's;〃 said

Hunca Munca。



THE ham broke off the

plate with a jerk; and

rolled under the table。



〃Let it alone;〃 said Tom

Thumb; 〃give me some fish;

Hunca Munca!〃



HUNCA MUNCA tried

every tin spoon in turn;

the fish was glued to the dish。



Then Tom Thumb lost his

temper。 He put the ham in

the middle of the floor; and hit

it with the tongs and with

the shovelbang; bang; smash;

smash!



The ham flew all into pieces;

for underneath the shiny paint

it was made of nothing but

plaster!



THEN there was no end to

the rage and disappointment

of Tom Thumb and Hunca

Munca。 They broke up

the pudding; the lobsters;

the pears; and the oranges。



As the fish would not come

off the plate; they put it into

the red…hot crinkly paper fire

in the kitchen; but it would

not burn either。



TOM THUMB went up the

kitchen chimney and

looked out at the topthere

was no soot。



WHILE Tom Thumb was

up the chimney; Hunca

Munca had another

disappointment。 She found some

tiny canisters upon the dresser;

labeled 〃Rice;〃 〃Coffee?〃

〃Sago〃; but when she turned

them upside down there was

nothing inside except red and

blue beads。



THEN those mice set to

work to do all the mischief

they couldespecially

Tom Thumb! He took Jane's

clothes out of the chest of

drawers in her bedroom; and

he threw them out of the top…

floor window。



But Hunca Munca had a

frugal mind。 After pulling

half the feathers out of

Lucinda's bolster; she remembered

that she herself was in want of

a feather…bed。



WITH Tom Thumb's

assistance she carried the

bolster down…stairs and across

the hearth…rug。 It was difficult

to squeeze the bolster into the

mouse…hole; but they managed

it somehow。



THEN Hunca Munca went

back and fetched a chair;

a bookcase; a bird…cage; and

several small odds and ends。

The bookcase and the bird…cage

refused to go into the mouse…hole。



HUNCA MUNCA left

them behind the coal…

box; and went to fetch a cradle。



HUNCA MUNCA was

just returning with

another chair; when suddenly

there was a noise of talking

outside upon the landing。 The

mice rushed back to their hole;

and the dolls came into the

nursery。



WHAT a sight met the

eyes of Jane and

Lucinda!



Lucinda sat upon the upset

kitchen stove and stared; and

Jane leaned against the kitchen

dresser and smiled; but neither

of them made any remark。



THE bookcase and the bird…

cage were rescued from

under the coal…box; but Hunca

Munca has got the cradle and

some of Lucinda's clothes。



SHE also has some useful

pots and pans; and several

other things。



THE little girl that the doll's

house belonged to said:

〃I will get a doll dressed like a

policeman!〃



BUT the nurse said: 〃I will

set a mouse…trap!〃



SO that is the story of the

two Bad Mice。 But they

were not so very; very naughty

after all; because Tom Thumb

paid for everything he broke。



He found a crooked sixpence

under the hearth…rug; and upon

Christmas Eve he and Hunca

Munca stuffed it into one of

the stockings of Lucinda and

Jane。



AND very early every morning

before anybody is

awakeHunca Munca comes

with her dust…pan and her

broom to sweep the Dollies'

house!









THE END


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