tiality for cast-off kitchen utensils, such as coffee pots, bottles, cans 

 and the like, while the possibility of an old shoe, slipper or hat, fill 

 his heart with joy. In all cases, however, but two stipulations are 

 absolute essentials. Nor is the first of these two difficult to com- 

 ply with, for Mr. Mouse, if most greedy, is also most omnivorous 

 in its strict sense of eating everything that comes within his reach. 

 Most householders annoyed by this unwelcome tenant are less ac- 

 quainted with the second condition of his prolonged stay. He is 

 quite as fond of water as of food and must have at least one good 

 drink daily if he is to remain happy and contented, so would not 

 take up permanent quarters where he is not able easily to satisfy his 

 thirst. 



Nothing less than the tremendous advantage of living right in 

 the heart of a stack of corn, or high up among the dried clovers and 

 seeds of a hay mow now will offset this consideration and induce 

 him to depend upon some distant and inconvenient source for his 



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