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CHAPTER  V.




                                                 E    BIG      HOUSE.




                                                 H E   months  rolled  on,  and

                                                    things  did  not  improve  at
                                                    the  Little  Mouse  at  the

                                                    foot  of  the  Hill,         To  be
                                                    sure,  its  garden  was  as

                             bright  and  beautiful  as  ever,  and  its  noisy
                             young  folk  took  never-ceasing  delight  in  its

                             free  and  health-giving  country  surround­
                             ings,  But the faces  of the father and  mother

                             lengthened,  and  as  they  walked  together  in
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