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Show TED MOUSE'S BUMP Whin anyone gate In trouble tt It generally gen-erally because they So wronf, ami that was what happened to lit I la Ted Mouee. Ha ran out of hi horn ana night whea hla father and mother were out hunting for a nica safe place to taka him for hie supper and when they returned Ted Muuaa waa nowhere to be found. Tad Mouh wanted to know what waa on the other ewie of the wall where he lived, ao he had gnawed, each time hie mother waa out, a Utile place until It at laal became a hole Urge enough for Bint to crawl through. It wee a very queer place, Ted Mouee thought, and It wee to a mouee, for It wma e playroom, and after aniffling about he w juat about to run back home, thinking H waa not a place he caret! for at all, when ha happened to apjr an open box. If there is one thins above another S mouae Itkea It le to get Inaide a bin or ar or a can. ao Ted ran up the aide end looked In. Then ha thought ha would get In and ee what waa In the bo, for he aaw a funny curled-up something. Ho ilnwn ha jumped and then down came the rover and click went something and poor lit tie Ted Mouee wae a prisoner. The bo was nnne other than the one where Jack-ln-the-Bos uauallv lived, but hie little mlNtreee had wanted one more doll for hr tea party, ao aha had pulled Jack out. leaving hla spring; In the bos. Home how Ted Mouae had Jarred the box end the anap on the cover had cauaht; he tried-to gat out, and Bt laet gave It up and went to aleep, while hie poor frightened parent looked under the bed and In all the closet to find him. Ted Mouee "vf kntw how long he wae there, hut It waa daylight, he no- 1 ticed, and In the huetle and bwetle of what happened ha wondered how ha did I notice anything. Hut by and by the boa wae opened end ip he went with a bounce that aent hire te the celling. Someone er reamed, and then Ted felt hie poor little head ban and down ha came. Ted could never tell hla mother all about It because he waa aa etunned by the bump oh hla head, but ha did run for home and fell at the feet of hla as ton-lahed ton-lahed parent. Oh! how the bump an hla head did well. It became ao biff ha could aot vet hi head out of the door of hie houee for day a, and there ha aat with hla head aa large aa two. In a bandage, thinking;. He thought: "If ever I get well en 1 my head la the right elaa again. I will never, never go anywhere uttteae my ' father or mother tell me I may; for everywhere there are dreadful t hinge to hurt little mica who disobey their parent.' par-ent.' I "Mother, who do you think lat ma out of the box?" ha aaked. "I expect It we the little girt who Uvea In this houee and you frightened her very much and she screamed when you Jumped out of the boi." "1 didn't Jump!" aald Ted Mouee. "I Just went up and came down." That hie mother could not explain. Rut Jack-ln-a-HoK eeu,ld have told him If he had been there. Hut, you see, ha waa not there, ao little Ted Mnifse never knew whet aent him, bang' up against the ceiling; but you do, dua't you, Uttle reader? (Copyright 1U. by the MrClure Newe-pajer Newe-pajer Ryndlcete, New York Qty.) |