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The Mouse Queen quickly sent dozens of her sons up the tree, but the trunk was too slick to climb and they all slid into a heap at the bottom. She ordered the tallest mice to form stirrups with their paws so other mice could climb into the lower branches, but when they did, the branches dipped to the ground – and then, like a catapult, whipped high in the air and sling-shot a dozen mice into a nearby pond.
Determined to get that Nut, the Mouse Queen whipped off her royal robe and ordered all the mice to grab the edges. Then she took her youngest son, the littlest mouse-of-all, and tossed him into the middle. Yelling, “One, two, three!” all the mice bounced young Reginald Rhatt on the impromptu blanket and threw him high into the air. Higher and higher he went until he went higher than the tree.
He was so scared that he grabbed the Nut and held on for dear life.
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