CHEESE FOR TEA
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1. Frisk was a father mouse and Flash was his little wife.
2. They lived with their three little ones, in a snug hole in the garden.
3. Each day, Frisk and Flash went out to find food. They found scraps about the house, and these they took to their babies.
4. One day, Father Frisk said to Mother Flash, "You stay at home, my dear, and mind the little ones.
I shall look around for some cheese for our tea."
5. Then he went into the house and ran about to find the cheese.
6. He found it on a shelf in the safe.
7. He broke a big bit off, to take it home.
8. Just then, Frisk heard a loud noise in the next room.
He had to wait for a while, as it was not safe then for him to creep out, with the cheese in his mouth.
9. He peeped out.
Old Tib, the cat, was asleep by the couch, so Frisk was able to get away to his home.
10. What a shout the little ones gave, when Father came home with cheese for tea!