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Miss Moppet looks worse and worse. The Mouse comes a little nearer.

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Miss Moppet holds her poor head in her paws, and looks at him through a
hole in the duster. The Mouse comes _very_ close.

And then all of a sudden--Miss Moppet jumps upon the Mouse!

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And because the Mouse has teased Miss Moppet--Miss Moppet thinks she will
tease the Mouse; which is not at all nice of Miss Moppet.

She ties him up in the duster, and tosses it about like a ball.

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But she forgot about that hole in the duster; and when she untied
it--there was no Mouse!

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He has wriggled out and run away; and he is dancing a jig on the top of