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Re: Hickory Dickory Dock!!

Posted by Carol on January 01, 2004 at 20:02:38:

In Reply to: Hickory Dickory Dock!! posted by Bobbi on August 01, 2000 at 18:18:26:

The book you want is a Rand McNally Junior Elf book, by Helen Wing, printed in 1964. I found it at a used and out-of-print book site.

Hickory, dickory, dock!
The mouse ran up the clock;
The clock struck one,
And down he run,
Hickory, dickory, dock!
"I'm hungry now," said Mousie,
"I need a bite to eat,"
So he tiptoed to the kitchen
To look for something sweet.
He twitched his nose from left to right
Until he started drooling,
For over on the window sill
A cherry tart was cooling.
The sill was just a leap away,
And quicker than a minute,
Mousie landed on the tart
And stuck his face right in it.
The cherry juice came bubbling out
And stained his fur quite pink,
So Mousie had to take a shower
Inside the kitchen sink.
He wet his paws and wiped his jaws
And cleaned his furry chin,
And as he shook the water off
The old gray Cat walked in.
"Hi, Mousie," said the old gray Cat,
"Please don't run away,
You know I love you dearly
And I only want to play."
Mousie took a flying jump,
And tried to hide himself
Behind a box of crackers
That was standing on the shelf.
"I see your tail," the old Cat said,
"It's showing at the end,
So stay right there and I'll come up
To visit you, my friend."
Said Mousie, "You are very kind
But I've been fooled before,"
Then he gave the cracker-box a push
And knocked it to the floor.
The box flew open on the way
And crackers filled the air,
The old Cat cried, "Meow, Meow,"
And dodged behind a chair.
When puppy heard the Cat's meow
He bounded in the room,
And with his clumsy feet he hit
A bucket and a broom.
The bucket tumbled on its side,
The broom came toppling after,
While little Mousie on the shelf
Was doubled up with laughter.
"Hurray!" he cheered as Puppy chased
The Cat around the table.
They slipped and slid, and Puppy barked
As loud as he was able.
A chair went crashing on the floor
As 'round and 'round they ran,
The lid fell off the kettle
And hit the frying pan.
Said Mousie, "It's a circus,
I never had such fun!
But I hear footsteps coming
So it's time for me to run."
He knew the secret stairway
That was just inside the wall,
And through a door he disappeared,
Whiskers, tail and all.
He had to run a long, dark way
Before he reached his house,
But waiting there to meet him
Were Dad and Mother Mouse.
His brothers and his sisters, too,
Came running in a flock
To hear how Mousie fooled the Cat
And how he climbed the clock.
When Mousie's story ended,
They clapped their paws with glee,
And little Mousie danced away
As gay as he could be.


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