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After they had pnietised awhile, Ilap liad succeeded 

 ill hitting the Deer twice, but it now Ijegan to rain in 

 earnest, and they returned to the camp. 



'^ Hush I '' said Dodo, as they were coming through 

 the corner door toward the firephice. '' See, we liave 

 company ! Look at that Mouse sitting by the edge of 

 the hearth ; it's as friendly as anything, and it isn't a 

 common mouse-trap INIouse, either. Look what big 



Whitk-footed or Deer Mouse. 



eyes it has, and a lovely brown back, and its feet are 

 white, like clean stockings." 



The Mouse sat up and began to clean its paws and 

 wash its face daintily, while the children watched it and 

 Olive tiptoed out to call her father. 



** It is a White-footed or Deer Mouse," said the Doc- 

 tor, '' so called because it has a tawny back. Dodo is 

 riglit, it is not a 'common mouse-trap Mouse,' though 

 in some places it does often live in our houses. It also 



