mouse said to herself; and she scratched her nose slowly 11 Notes: and sadly as she watched her grandson scamper up the 12 cellar stairs. 13 Ah!” sniffed he, poking his whiskers into a crack of the 14 dining-room cupboard, “cheese—as I’m alive!” Scuttle— 15 scuttle. “I’ll be squizzled, if it isn’t in that cunning little 16 house; I know what that is—a cheese-house, of course. 17 What a very snug hall! That’s the way with cheese-houses. I 18 know, ’cause I’ve heard the dairymaid talk about ’em. It 19 must be rather inconvenient, though, to carry milk up that 20 step and through an iron door. I know why it’s so open—to 21 let in fresh air. I tell you, that cheese is good! Kind of a 22 reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room 23 from a hole in the wall. No trouble at all about getting in, 24 either. Wouldn’t grandmother open her eyes to see me 25 here! Guess I’ll take another nibble at that cheese, and go 26 out. What’s that noise? What in squeaks is the matter with 27 the door? This is a cheese-house, I know it is—but what if it 28 should turn out to be a—O-o-o-eeee!” And that’s just what 29 it did turn out to be. 30 The Conceited Mouse
11 mouse said to herself; and she scratched her nose slowly Notes: 12 and sadly as she watched her grandson scamper up the 13 cellar stairs. 14 Ah!” sniffed he, poking his whiskers into a crack of the 15 dining-room cupboard, “cheese—as I’m alive!” Scuttle— 16 scuttle. “I’ll be squizzled, if it isn’t in that cunning little 17 house; I know what that is—a cheese-house, of course. 18 What a very snug hall! That’s the way with cheese-houses. I 19 know, ’cause I’ve heard the dairymaid talk about ’em. It 20 must be rather inconvenient, though, to carry milk up that 21 step and through an iron door. I know why it’s so open—to 22 let in fresh air. I tell you, that cheese is good! Kind of a 23 reception-room in there—guess I know a reception-room 24 from a hole in the wall. No trouble at all about getting in, 25 either. Wouldn’t grandmother open her eyes to see me 26 here! Guess I’ll take another nibble at that cheese, and go 27 out. What’s that noise? What in squeaks is the matter with 28 the door? This is a cheese-house, I know it is—but what if it 29 should turn out to be a—O-o-o-eeee!” And that’s just what 30 it did turn out to be. The Conceited Mouse