Page 13 - Mousy Mouse Has a Bad Day

Now, mice are just like the rest of us. They like to play games and they like to win. I must admit however, this was a dangerous game. It also seemed like a game that favored Herman. After all, he was the largest of all the mice and he got to go first. But none of the mice seemed to realize or care about this and they were just jumping around, excited about having their turn.
For the rest of the day the mice watched the windows of the farmhouse. Every time Precious would go from the kitchen into another room, one of them would take off running to play the Cheese Game. All of them were running hard and scrambling up the kitchen table leg to get to the cheese. Each time Precious would hear something and return to the kitchen. Sometimes Precious would just walk back to the kitchen but sometimes he would run back at full speed.
They had several close calls and no one was able to get much cheese for fear of the cat. In fact, no one was even close to getting a piece as large as Herman’s. As the day went on, it looked like Herman would be a sure winner in the Cheese Game.
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