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ong the rushes lived a mouse
with a pretty little house
made of rushes tall and high
that to the skies were heard to|sigh
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while one night while she was
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comes a dog that then was peeping
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and had found her out in spite
of her good wall for thenhis sight
was better than our mousesso
she was obliged to yield to
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when frightened was thedog just then
at the scratching of a hen
so of he ran and little mouse
was left in safety withher house