The Washington times., 1914-03-09
For the Children
Just at Bedtime
Tommie Mouse and the BrOWHit
hContinued from. Saturday..

ToHlmie Mouse and the BrOWHie.
Tommic managed TO get to the ground
pnd into the house without being seen
Nv the dog. and the cook was not in the
..itchen and the pantry door was open.
1t is great fun being i cat after all.
thought Tommie. who had doubted A
rew minutes before IL he had been wise
q make change Here | am in a
pantry full OF things ! like and 10 one
near"
But Tommie was mistaken. for up on
shelf was the house cat, who had
aiken advantage of the cooks absence
from the kitchen and was drinking
cream from bowl. When she saw
Tommie she bumped her back and hiss
cd at him.
What are you doing in my pantry
she asked. "Yo;i get right out of here,
and without waiting for a reply She
sprang at poor Tommie. knocking over
the bowl from which she was drinhihS
and a dish of soup, which spilled over
Tommie and when the cook came INTO
the kitchen just as he was running out
she seized broom again md chased
MIN out
64O luck 10 GU SdiC sfiN
coming I'm here ard upseting all the
cream and soup. I don't see where that
strange cat came from" poor Tommie
heard her say from his hiding place
Tnder the steps.
Hungry and frightened. Tommie sat
lndcr the steps until he thought it safe
come out. and then he ran TO the
woods as fast as he could so.
lie looked where he had seen the
Srownie the day before, but he was
not there now. and poor TonrE lay
Town beside the rock and began TO NEW
out lis grief.
Hello. ii Is YOU making all this
noise" said some one and Tommie look
"a up to see the Brownie standing on
ne rock looking down at him.
Il heard someone making a EIournt III
-ound, said the Brownie, so ! came
ut 10 see what is the matter. You have
our wish ] see: HoU are Il big white
at Why are you making such russ:
Oh Mr. Brownie. please get Inc
hanged into mouse again ] haven't
ad anything to eat and The dog chases
ne and the cook drives me out with a
room when I 80 into the house; even
ne house cat treats me as if | were a
mouse" cried Tommie.
II knew how it would be said the
HrCwnie. and the fairy said SO. too:
put | told her the only way 10 cure you
vas to let you have try at being cat.
will see what l can do for you"
The Brownie knocked on the rock
'hree times. and as ii opened the
.rownie disappeared and Tomnlie found
his nose upon the cold rock as he tried
10 follow his friend, for he did not want
q lose sight of him until he was
hanged into a mouse again.
He had to wait. however. for the rock
rlosed and shut him outside. and there
ne waited until he fell asleep.
Tommie dreamed of mice all around
him, but when he tried TO go near them
they ran into n huge cheese and hid
snc when he tried to follow his head
bumped against the cheese and then he
woke up.
But he was no longer g cat when he
7woke: he was a mouse again. and
Tommy Mouse was so HAPPY he jumped
Up and darCed on his hind legs. he ran
over the rock beside him and squeaked
OF joy. but nowhere could he find the
BrDUnle
so Tommy Mouse ran home. 4 guess
e knows how happy and thankful
an. those Brownie fellows know every
thing" sad Tommie.
Where have you BEEN" asked all his
neiGhbors when Toum!e Mouse ran into
The cellar. We have had dreadful
rime. they told him. The biggest
white cat came in here and went to
sleep right by your corner. We thought
ne had eaten you and we all ran away.
But Tomnie did not tell them about
r'E experience. He fhbed. I am afraid
mo told them he had been looking for
-0mthinS to eat. because all the nice
an to hole in the wall and Tommie
0liOwed md soon he was eating cheese
~ nibbling the top o. 4 pie faster
nan any % them in the very pantry
hsre short time before ne had been
1~iven out by the cook When ne was
ack safe in his home and sleepy from
oa,inc so much Tommie Mouse thought
l.tt lnPky Taiinu I fn o
-elf again. Never will | wish for any
othcr shape. I can run faster than II
AZ and can md n.ce- things to eat.
m The Brownie was right, | am best
as J am"
When TommIc' Mouse awnke he was
fraid at first he might ind himselc 81
~ but nc wasn't and there WAS not
haUDier mouse in the cellar than Tom
Tie Mouse after tha'.