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STORIES FOR BOYS AND GIRLS

By MAX TRELL

THE MICE who lived in the cellar gave a party.

Kparf and Hanid, the Shadow Children with the Turned-About Names, were invited.

It was a birthday party. It was for Nibbly, a Boy-Mouse, because he was one year old.

At one year a Mouse is a grown-up Mouse. From now on bbly would wear long pants. He would care for his 00 hiskers and play tag with the Cat if he felt like it.

At one year old Nibbly would be expected to bring home bits cf cheese and bread or crackers for the family table just like everybody else.

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The new pair of long pants that Nibbly would now and extra pockets. The long pants with big pockets were birthday present from his fa- ther and mother who, of course, were also Mice.

Made themselves small In addition to Knarf and Hanid, many other friends and were invited to Nib- Felations bly's birthday party.

Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, was was invited. Unfortunately he 400

the fat -to squeeze into xcusehole. He shouted in "Hap- py-birthday!" and then he tod- ded on his fat legs upstairs and to bed.

A Party For Nibbly

-All The Mice Celebrate His First Birthday-

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"Come out and get it, dear," she kept saying. "I can't under- stand why you make your doors so narrow." The Cat stuck her paw in with the chocolate bar.

Should shake hands

"Here's your present, Nibbly. Now be a good boy and shake she hands with Aunty Cat," said.

to fit inside the Knarf and Hanid made them- in quarters

squeezed in hole. selves small and with hardly any trouble.

"It doesn't matter that they're General Tin, the Tin Soldier, broken, dears," Nibbly's mother was also invited to Nibbly's said, smiling. "They'll taste just birthday party. He also squeezed as good when they go down." Nibbly took the chocolate bar.

The prize present

the

"Thank you very much, Aunty fresh Cat," he said. whole party was three strawberries. They were brought by Nibbly's uncle, an old grey the cellar Mouse who lived in of a fine old house overlooking the park.

in with hardly any trouble.-

Christopher Cricket was in vited. He came with his guitar. He played music for the party. A dozen Mice from a dozen different cellars of a dozen dif- ferent houses in a dozen differ- ent streets were all invited. They all came.

One Mouse brought a piece of Swiss cheese.

Another Mouse brought a plece of Danish blue cheese.

Bread and sugar

A third Mouse brought a chunk of bread as large as а Mouse's head. He also brought a lump of sugar, which was very generous of him, indeed.

A fourth Mouse brought grape.

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A fifth Mouse brought the core of an apple.

The rest of the Mice guests brought all kinds of cheeses.

Knarf and Hanid each brought two whole crackers spread with butter. They had to be broken

Four D. Jones DES EXPLAINS THAT HE

BY MADDOCKS

IS NOT A RUSSIAN SPY

AND HIS EXPLANATION

IS BADLY RECEIVED.

WHAT DIDI

SAY WRONG?

WELCOME TO THE CLUB, BUD. WHAT ARE YOU

IN FOR?

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"There were lots more where they came from," Nibbly's un- cle said.

Nibbly's mother put them in a special platter in the centre of the birthday table.

A Grasshopper He came with a horn.

A Mosquito was invited. He came with a flute.

was invited.

Cat not invited

The Cat was not invited. But

she came anyway. Like Teddy,

the Stuffed Bear, she was much too big to squeeze in through the mousehole. But she didn't go upstairs and go to bed.

The Cat called in "Happy

Look at the Birthday, Nibbly! beautiful present I've brought for you!"

The Cat had brought a whole bar of chocolate.

THEY THOUGHT I WAS AN UN-AMERICAN)

ACTIVITY...

But he didn't shake hands

with her.

party.

It was a wonderful Knarf and Hanid danced square dances with the Mice.

Sang songs

They all sang: "Three Blind Mice" and other songs.

One of Nibbly's cousins lived a ship. He did a hornpipe sailor's dance.

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Upstairs Teddy, the Stuffed Bear, heard the music and the singing in his dream. Downstairs, just mousehole, the ing.

outside the Cat kept wait-

"Sometimes," she said to her- self, "I wish I were a Mouse rather than a Cat. They always seem to have more fun than I have."

Rupert and Gwyneth—31

Rupert clambers up towards the ** Was strange pair on the shelf.

he says that you talking?

in "I didn't know astonishment. owls and pussy-cats could speak." "Tcha! You don't know what happens here," says the owl in an unfriendly voice. What made you come ? I didn't invite you !

ALL RIGHTS

CHANO VYHEN I EXPLAINED THAT I WAS AN INNOCENT BYSTANDER, THEY WENT BERSERK-SAID

1 HAD WRECKED A

CONFERENCE OR

SOMETHING

"

"Well, we didn't want to come. says Rupert. "All we want to do is to go away again and we don't know how." You don't seem to know anything," snaps the other. "* You came without being asked. Now that you're here, un- invited, you must fend for your selves."

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flavour

As always-

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is Best