Alumnae Recorder . t have tipped over and spilled the babies; besides, she hadprobably heard me reading aloud from a paper, a day or two before, thatmany learned doctors now think rocking is not good for babies. But sing-ing hurts nobody, and Mamma Mouse was singing away as cheerfully ascould be. One would suppose that she would stop when I so unceremoni-ously took away the front wall of her room, but she didnt; she pushedthe cradle back into the farthest corner, and crouched in front of it, sing-ing louder than ever. She could easily have escaped, for a hole in another corner showedhow she ha
Alumnae Recorder . t have tipped over and spilled the babies; besides, she hadprobably heard me reading aloud from a paper, a day or two before, thatmany learned doctors now think rocking is not good for babies. But sing-ing hurts nobody, and Mamma Mouse was singing away as cheerfully ascould be. One would suppose that she would stop when I so unceremoni-ously took away the front wall of her room, but she didnt; she pushedthe cradle back into the farthest corner, and crouched in front of it, sing-ing louder than ever. She could easily have escaped, for a hole in another corner showedhow she had got in ; but she could not carry all her babies at once, andshe would not leave two at my mercy while she saved one. Her singingwas not like the squeaks you have often heard mice utter; it was like thewarbling of a tiny canary bird, whose little voice had a compass of onlytwo or three tones. It was very sweet, and now that the poor little singerwas so badly frightened, was loud enough to be heard across the I do not know why she sang so loud,—whether she was begging meto spare her, or was hoping that Papa Mouse would hear her and come toher rescue. I have never learned mouse talk, so could not understandher words. Whether she was calling him or not, it was only a momenttill Mr. Mouses sharp nose and bright eyes appeared at the hole in thecorner. He saw at a glance how things were, and before you could havesaid Jack Robinson, had darted to the cradle, seized a wee mousie inhis mouth, and whisked it out of the hole, evidently thinking that, asMamma Mouse had been protecting all three, she could protect two ofthem for a moment longer. In about two seconds, back he came andwhisked off another baby, while the mamma, seeing that her duty wasdone, snatched up the third and followed so quickly that all I saw was agray steak across the back of the box, and a tail vanishing through thehole. It was so funny that I burst out laughing, and—wakened myself up! I had fallen asleep
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