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FIVE MICE IN A MOUSE-TRAP, BY THE MAN IN THE MOON.

          _DONE IN VERNACULAR,
          FROM THE LUNACULAR,_


BY LAURA E. RICHARDS,

_Author of "Babyhood," Etc._



          WITH ILLUSTRATIONS BY
          _KATE GREENAWAY_, _ADDIE LEDYARD_, _AND OTHERS_.

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          BOSTON:
          PUBLISHED BY ESTES AND LAURIAT,
          299 TO 305 WASHINGTON STREET,
          1881.




          _Copyright,_
          BY ESTES & LAURIAT,
          1880.




CONTENTS.


          CHAPTER I.
          THE MAN IN THE MOON,                9

          CHAPTER II.
          THE MOUSE-TRAP,                    14

          CHAPTER III.
          THE MICE,                          19

          CHAPTER IV.
          JOLLYKALOO,                        45

          CHAPTER V.
          TOMTY,                             64

          CHAPTER VI.
          A NIGHT JOURNEY,                   79

          CHAPTER VII.
          A RAINY DAY AND WHAT CAME OF IT,   97

          CHAPTER VIII.
          A STORY CHAPTER,                  109

          CHAPTER IX.
          A PICNIC,                         123

          CHAPTER X.
          THE CARRIAGE CLOUD,               138

          CHAPTER XI.
          A BIRTHDAY PARTY,                 154

         