When he reached the hall he heard his
brothers scampering up the stairs, and after them he ran with all his
might.
It was only when they were safe in their nest again that they stopped
to breathe, and their little hearts beat fast for an hour afterward,
so great had been their terror.
When Mamma Mouse came back in the morning, bringing a quantity of nice
flour with her for breakfast, they told her of their adventure. She
thought they had been punished enough already for their disobedience,
so she did not scold them, but only said,
"You see, my dears, your mother knew best when she told you not to
stir from the nest. Children sometimes think they know more than their
parents, but this adventure should teach you always to obey your
mother. The next time you run away you may fare worse than you did
last night; remember your poor father's fate."
But Hickory and Dickory and Dock did not run away again.
Little Bo-Peep
On the beautiful, undulating hills of Sussex feed many flocks of
sheep, which are tended by many shepherds and shepherdesses, and one
of these flocks used to be cared for by a poor woman who supported
herself and her little girl by this means.
They lived in a small cottage nestled at the foot of one of the hills,
and each morning the mother took her crook and started out with her
sheep, that they might feed upon the tender, juicy grasses with which
the hills abounded.
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