Show l I i u r n aaa I I I I SPIDER AND MOUSE OID MME M had long ago 10 decIded that the attic to her for ho one ever eyer came there with witha a bIg feather duster and destroyed the home she made with one flirt of that dreadful tiring thing I Up there madam was never dIsturbed dIs- dIs by children running about She bad the place to herself and It if she cared cirell to run across the floor noor she did not not have to look out for tor small f feet et and after n a while Mme Spider thought the attic was really made fOr her to live In and she spun tier her webs everywhere every every- where The more webs I have the more flies thought Mme Spider nut But one day she found a hole bole In the wall that she thought the very place for a beautiful beau benu lacy web and after she had put n a great deal ot of time Into the weaving and made It very ery beautiful what was washer washer her dismay one morning to find It at- at roost most destroyed just hanging by a thread Mme Spider was thinking very hard things about some one she didn't know v who for she had bad seen no one In the I i t lol i l e L c cl t J- J Jl l i f lS lj t l t t 1 i I Is' s' s I II A 40 TJ ri riO O OI I Didn't Know This Was Your Attic At At- tic Mr Mouse Said when little Frisky Mouse ran across the floor straight for the hole lle He did not notice madam and was about to run Into the hole with a bit bitof bitor or of soft wool In his mouth when her ber cross voice caned called to him How Bow dare you break down my web and what are you doing In my 1113 attic I have a good mind to spin a web about you and eat you for my dInner dinned I FrIsky Mouse dropped the wool I 1 didn't know this was your our attic he said I thought It belonged to the house bouse and anyone could run up hEre and ns as for your web madam I 1 dId not see It I 1 am sorry I nm am sure He was so polite about It that madam forgot her anger and then she was curIous to know what he was goIng go- go going Ing to do with the bit of at soft woo wool What are ure you going to do with that piece of wool 1 she Inquired I anh am getting It for my wife to make a nest for our children said Frisky Mme Spider crept up on the thc wall out of his reach In case he did get angry at what she was about to say That belongs to me she said Everything Every thing In t the attIC Is mine und and If you want wool and other soft bits for your yur nest you OU will have to pay m we Cpr them Frisky Mouse did not stop to think he could run through the hole In the wall and get all he wanted In spite or of Mme Spider She was so cro cross and decided In her manner that poor FrIsky thought what she told him was II true rrue so he asked how he could pay her Flies Iles are scarce up here said Raid madam and you must have plenty ot of crumbs and bits of at food down where yoU live for tor r suspect you live In the pantry It If you want soft sott thin bits for your Jour nest you bring me crumbs I every ery time you come up here bere The crumbs will attract flies files Of course It if you ou dont don't Ill I'll make n a stronger web over that hole and keep out altogether she snapped Frisky saId he would gladly do thIs and started to take his bit of Ill be rIght buck back with the crumbs he said Madam knew she need not be afraid of him now so she quickly ran down and sat on the wool You bring crumbs first she saId Off ran FrIsky to get the thc crumbs but when Mrs Frisky saw him she wanted to know where lie he was carrying carry carry- Ing that nice bIg crumb and her husband hus- hus band told her nU all about his bargain with Mme Spider r. r I I said Mrs FrIsky She cant can't tool fool me that way You come along and show me where that attic Is and 1 will get all I want with with- out paying anything When Mrs FrIsky ran out of the hole In the attic wall she did not stop slop to make any bargains with Dine Spider She just tumbled her ber off art and poled poked the bit of at wool Into the hole for her husband to carry downstairs and then she ran across the attic and took some more Mme SpIder was high up on the wall by thIs tIme She knew she did not have any polite FrIsky Mouse to todeal todeal deal with now Mrs Frisky before she ran Into the hole In the wall wail looked up nt at madam and said I If you are wise you will not spend any time spinning webs over this hole because I 1 shall run In Inand Inand and out many times and a spiders spider's web wont won't stop me One of those strong minded new creatures said Mme Spider when Mrs Frisky was gone I just know 1 her husband Is n a poor henpecked creature doesn't dare to say Bay his soul soulis Js is his own own But she made her webs well ort off the tho floor after that ant and when she saw a mouse run across the attic site she made madeno no more sharp bargains for tor crumbs p by McClure Newspaper Syndicate |