[Illustration: Polishing]
When it was all beautifully neat and clean, she gave
a party to five other little mice, without Mr. Jackson.
He smelt the party and came up the bank, but he could
not squeeze in at the door.
[Illustration: The party]
[Illustration: Honey-dew through the window]
So they handed him out acorn-cupfuls of honey-dew
through the window, and he was not at all offended.
He sat outside in the sun, and said—“Tiddly,
widdly, widdly! Your very good health, Mrs. Tittlemouse!”
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Transcriber’s Note: Punctuation normalized
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