"I wouldn't have
come if I had known there were to be any mice!"
"But they're white mice," said Will, "and I didn't know they were out of
the cage. Somebody must have opened the door."
"I'll help you hunt for the white mice," offered Bunny Brown. "I'm not
afraid of 'em!"
"I aren't, either," added Sue.
"I'm not zactly 'fraid of 'em," said Helen Newton, "but they make you
feel so _ticklish_ when they crawl on you!"
"They're nice," said Bunny Brown, as he crawled under a chair to coax a
white mouse that was trying to hide behind a paper bag. "And they'll do
some nice tricks in our show."
It took some little time to catch all the white mice. Will made sure, by
counting twice, that he had every one of his pets back in their wire
cage.
Then Mr. Treadwell told the mothers of the little girls what sort of
costumes the young actresses and actors must have for the different
parts in the play. Everything was very simple, and no costly costumes
need be bought.
"You see we want to make all the money we can for the Home for the
Blind," explained Bunny.
"That's a good idea," said Mrs. West. "I think the children are just
perfectly fine to do things like this. It teaches them to be kind."
After the talk about the dresses and suits, Mr. Treadwell went on with,
the rehearsal, or practice.
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