another large one in his mouth. "GRUMP! GRUMP!" he said.

"Where is Mrs. Thumbkins?" Billy Bumblebee demanded, as he buzzed around
Old Man Hoppy-toad's head.

"I don't know!" said Old Man Hoppy-toad when he had swallowed the
pancake.

"Yes, you do!" Thumbkins cried as he caught Old Man Hoppy-toad's hand.
"Who made those pancakes for you?"

Billy Bumblebee buzzed closer to Old Man Hoppy-toad's head and Old Man
Hoppy-toad blinked his big round eyes and finally said, "She is locked
up in the kitchen!"

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So Thumbkins ran to the kitchen and came out with Mrs.
Thumbkins. Old Man Hoppy-toad had locked her in the kitchen so she would
have to bake lots and lots of pancakes for him.

Thumbkins was so glad to see Mrs. Thumbkins he came very near crying.
And Billy Bumblebee said to Old Man Hoppy-toad, "Now you must leave our
neighborhood, for we do not permit anyone to bother anyone else in the
Town of Tinythings."

So Old Man Hoppy-toad had to pack up all his things in a red
handkerchief and hustle out of town.

And Billy Bumblebee buzzed right around his head as Old Man Hoppy-toad