Classic Book Library : Children's Literature : The Great Big Treasury Of Beatrix Potter : Chapter 5 : Page 5 of 5 She also has some useful pots and pans, and several other things. The little girl that the doll's-house belonged to, said,--"I will get a doll dressed like a policeman!" But the nurse said,--"I will set a mouse-trap!" So that is the story of the two Bad Mice,--but they were not so very very naughty after all, because Tom Thumb paid for everything he broke. He found a crooked sixpence under the hearth-rug; and upon Christmas Eve, he and Hunca Munca stuffed it into one of the stockings of Lucinda and Jane. And very early every morning-- before anybody is awake--Hunca Munca comes with her dust-pan and her broom to sweep the Dollies' house! End of Chapter Copyright © 2004-2005 Classic Book Library |