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"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"Presently the rats came back and set to work to make him into a \n dumpling. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him \n in the dough. \n",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"came downstairs. \n \n The cat family had quite recovered. They invited him to stay to dinner. \n \n The dumpling had been peeled off Tom Kitten, and made separately into a \n bag pudding, with currants in it to hide the smuts. \n",
"They had been obliged to put Tom Kitten into a hot bath to get the \n butter off. \n \n John Joiner smelt the pudding; but he regretted that he had not time to",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down"
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"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
"It was an old, old house, full of cupboards and passages. Some of the \n walls were four feet thick, and there used to be queer noises inside \n them, as if there might be a little secret staircase. Certainly there",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"in a place that he had never seen before, although he had lived all his \n life in the house. \n \n It was a very small stuffy fusty room, with boards, and rafters, and \n cobwebs, and lath and plaster. \n",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"While their mother was searching the house, Moppet and Mittens had got \n into mischief. \n \n The cupboard door was not locked, so they pushed it open and came out. \n \n \n",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"came downstairs. \n \n The cat family had quite recovered. They invited him to stay to dinner. \n \n The dumpling had been peeled off Tom Kitten, and made separately into a \n bag pudding, with currants in it to hide the smuts. \n",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"He scrambled up and up; but before he reached the chimney top he came to \n a place where somebody had loosened a stone in the wall. There were some \n mutton bones lying about-- \n"
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"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"Presently the rats came back and set to work to make him into a \n dumpling. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him \n in the dough. \n",
"rats have got him.\" She wiped her eyes with her apron. \n \n \"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"rats, and rats, and rats in his barn! They eat up the chicken food, and \n steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags. \n \n And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"\"I'm not afraid of rats; I will help you to find him; and whip him too! \n What is all that soot in the fender?\" \n \n \n",
"and grand-children and great great grand-children. \n \n There is no end to them! \n \n Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers. \n \n They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of"
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"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?\" \n \n \"All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to \n have an unruly family!\" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit. \n \n",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high"
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"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"in a place that he had never seen before, although he had lived all his \n life in the house. \n \n It was a very small stuffy fusty room, with boards, and rafters, and \n cobwebs, and lath and plaster. \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"He scrambled up and up; but before he reached the chimney top he came to \n a place where somebody had loosened a stone in the wall. There were some \n mutton bones lying about-- \n",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"made up his mind to climb right to the top, and get out on the slates, \n and try to catch sparrows. \n \n \"I cannot go back. If I slipped I might fall in the fire and singe my \n beautiful tail and my little blue jacket.\" \n",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"He groped his way carefully for several yards; he was at the back of the \n skirting-board in the attic, where there is a little mark * in the \n picture. \n \n \n",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"the morning sniffing and whining, and wagging his tail, and going round \n and round with his head in the hole like a gimlet. \n \n \n \n Then he nailed the plank down again and put his tools in his bag, and"
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"was still going on quite distinctly under the attic floor. \n \n \n \n \"This is serious, Cousin Tabitha,\" said Ribby. \"We must send for John \n Joiner at once, with a saw.\" \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"in a place that he had never seen before, although he had lived all his \n life in the house. \n \n It was a very small stuffy fusty room, with boards, and rafters, and \n cobwebs, and lath and plaster. \n",
"He groped his way carefully for several yards; he was at the back of the \n skirting-board in the attic, where there is a little mark * in the \n picture. \n \n \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"stay to dinner, because he had just finished making a wheel-barrow for \n Miss Potter, and she had ordered two hen-coops. \n \n And when I was going to the post late in the afternoon--I looked up the",
"\"I'm not afraid of rats; I will help you to find him; and whip him too! \n What is all that soot in the fender?\" \n \n \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"counterpane,\" said Anna Maria. \"I have got half a smoked ham hidden in \n the chimney.\" \n \n \n \n So it happened that by the time John Joiner had got the plank up--there",
"He scrambled up and up; but before he reached the chimney top he came to \n a place where somebody had loosened a stone in the wall. There were some \n mutton bones lying about-- \n",
"the front staircase to the dairy to get the butter. He did not meet \n anybody. \n \n He made a second journey for the rolling-pin. He pushed it in front of \n him with his paws, like a brewer's man trundling a barrel.",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"came downstairs. \n \n The cat family had quite recovered. They invited him to stay to dinner. \n \n The dumpling had been peeled off Tom Kitten, and made separately into a \n bag pudding, with currants in it to hide the smuts. \n",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"come in, and sit ye down! I'm in sad trouble, Cousin Ribby,\" said \n Tabitha, shedding tears. \"I've lost my dear son Thomas; I'm afraid the"
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"was still going on quite distinctly under the attic floor. \n \n \n \n \"This is serious, Cousin Tabitha,\" said Ribby. \"We must send for John \n Joiner at once, with a saw.\" \n",
"He groped his way carefully for several yards; he was at the back of the \n skirting-board in the attic, where there is a little mark * in the \n picture. \n \n \n",
"in a place that he had never seen before, although he had lived all his \n life in the house. \n \n It was a very small stuffy fusty room, with boards, and rafters, and \n cobwebs, and lath and plaster. \n",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"It was an old, old house, full of cupboards and passages. Some of the \n walls were four feet thick, and there used to be queer noises inside \n them, as if there might be a little secret staircase. Certainly there",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"roly-poly noise under the attic floor. But there was nothing to be seen. \n \n \n \n They returned to the kitchen. \"Here's one of your kittens at least,\" \n said Ribby, dragging Moppet out of the flour barrel.",
"He scrambled up and up; but before he reached the chimney top he came to \n a place where somebody had loosened a stone in the wall. There were some \n mutton bones lying about-- \n",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"Ribby and Tabitha set to work to search the house thoroughly again. \n They poked under the beds with Ribby's umbrella, and they rummaged in \n cupboards. They even fetched a candle, and looked inside a clothes chest",
"were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared \n at night--especially cheese and bacon. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha became more and more distracted, and mewed dreadfully. \n \n \n \n \n",
"the front staircase to the dairy to get the butter. He did not meet \n anybody. \n \n He made a second journey for the rolling-pin. He pushed it in front of \n him with his paws, like a brewer's man trundling a barrel.",
"counterpane,\" said Anna Maria. \"I have got half a smoked ham hidden in \n the chimney.\" \n \n \n \n So it happened that by the time John Joiner had got the plank up--there",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"A rolling-pin?\" said Ribby. \"Did we not hear a roly-poly noise in the \n attic when we were looking into that chest?\" \n \n Ribby and Tabitha rushed upstairs again. Sure enough the roly-poly noise"
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"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"Presently the rats came back and set to work to make him into a \n dumpling. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him \n in the dough. \n",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"and grand-children and great great grand-children. \n \n There is no end to them! \n \n Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers. \n \n They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"rats, and rats, and rats in his barn! They eat up the chicken food, and \n steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags. \n \n And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children",
"\"I'm not afraid of rats; I will help you to find him; and whip him too! \n What is all that soot in the fender?\" \n \n \n",
"rats have got him.\" She wiped her eyes with her apron. \n \n \"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best",
"yellow teeth at me and whisked down the hole.\" \n \n \"The rats get upon my nerves, Cousin Ribby,\" said Tabitha. \n \n \n \n Ribby and Tabitha searched and searched. They both heard a curious",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand."
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"Presently the rats came back and set to work to make him into a \n dumpling. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him \n in the dough. \n",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"rats have got him.\" She wiped her eyes with her apron. \n \n \"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"I'm not afraid of rats; I will help you to find him; and whip him too! \n What is all that soot in the fender?\" \n \n \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n"
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"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"While their mother was searching the house, Moppet and Mittens had got \n into mischief. \n \n The cupboard door was not locked, so they pushed it open and came out. \n \n \n",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"and grand-children and great great grand-children. \n \n There is no end to them! \n \n Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers. \n \n They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of"
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"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?\" \n \n \"All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to \n have an unruly family!\" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit. \n \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared \n at night--especially cheese and bacon. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha became more and more distracted, and mewed dreadfully. \n \n \n \n \n",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"It was an old, old house, full of cupboards and passages. Some of the \n walls were four feet thick, and there used to be queer noises inside \n them, as if there might be a little secret staircase. Certainly there",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"The visitor was a neighbour, Mrs. Ribby; she had called to borrow some \n yeast. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha came downstairs mewing dreadfully--\"Come in, Cousin Ribby,",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
"Ribby and Tabitha set to work to search the house thoroughly again. \n They poked under the beds with Ribby's umbrella, and they rummaged in \n cupboards. They even fetched a candle, and looked inside a clothes chest",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
"But Moppet had been too much frightened to peep out of the barrel again. \n \n Ribby and Tabitha took her with them to keep her safely in sight, while \n they went on with their search. \n \n \n \n \n",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"counterpane,\" said Anna Maria. \"I have got half a smoked ham hidden in \n the chimney.\" \n \n \n \n So it happened that by the time John Joiner had got the plank up--there"
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"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"came downstairs. \n \n The cat family had quite recovered. They invited him to stay to dinner. \n \n The dumpling had been peeled off Tom Kitten, and made separately into a \n bag pudding, with currants in it to hide the smuts. \n",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n"
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"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"roly-poly noise under the attic floor. But there was nothing to be seen. \n \n \n \n They returned to the kitchen. \"Here's one of your kittens at least,\" \n said Ribby, dragging Moppet out of the flour barrel.",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"He groped his way carefully for several yards; he was at the back of the \n skirting-board in the attic, where there is a little mark * in the \n picture. \n \n \n",
"Kitten. She looked in the pantry under the staircase, and she searched \n the best spare bedroom that was all covered up with dust sheets. She \n went right upstairs and looked into the attics, but she could not find \n him anywhere. \n"
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"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"Samuel Whiskers was puffing and out of breath. Anna Maria was still \n arguing in shrill tones. \n \n She seemed to know her way, and she seemed to have a quantity of \n luggage. \n",
"\"Will not the string be very indigestible, Anna Maria?\" inquired Samuel \n Whiskers. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria said she thought that it was of no consequence; but she",
"Whiskers),--\"Anna Maria, make me a kitten dumpling roly-poly pudding for \n my dinner.\" \n \n \"It requires dough and a pat of butter, and a rolling-pin,\" said Anna",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
" (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/5/7/15575/15575-h.zip) \n \n \n \n \n \n THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
" GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS*** \n \n \n E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Ronald Holder, and the Project",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"Kitten--\"I do _not_ think it will be a good pudding. It smells sooty.\" \n \n Anna Maria was about to argue the point, when all at once there began to",
"lane from the corner, and I saw Mr. Samuel Whiskers and his wife on the \n run, with big bundles on a little wheel-barrow, which looked very like \n mine. \n \n They were just turning in at the gate to the barn of Farmer Potatoes."
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"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n"
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"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"came downstairs. \n \n The cat family had quite recovered. They invited him to stay to dinner. \n \n The dumpling had been peeled off Tom Kitten, and made separately into a \n bag pudding, with currants in it to hide the smuts. \n",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom"
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"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"Samuel Whiskers was puffing and out of breath. Anna Maria was still \n arguing in shrill tones. \n \n She seemed to know her way, and she seemed to have a quantity of \n luggage. \n",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
"lane from the corner, and I saw Mr. Samuel Whiskers and his wife on the \n run, with big bundles on a little wheel-barrow, which looked very like \n mine. \n \n They were just turning in at the gate to the barn of Farmer Potatoes.",
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"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"Will not the string be very indigestible, Anna Maria?\" inquired Samuel \n Whiskers. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria said she thought that it was of no consequence; but she",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
" GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS*** \n \n \n E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Ronald Holder, and the Project",
"rats, and rats, and rats in his barn! They eat up the chicken food, and \n steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags. \n \n And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"Whiskers),--\"Anna Maria, make me a kitten dumpling roly-poly pudding for \n my dinner.\" \n \n \"It requires dough and a pat of butter, and a rolling-pin,\" said Anna",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n"
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"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"rats have got him.\" She wiped her eyes with her apron. \n \n \"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n"
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"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?\" \n \n \"All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to \n have an unruly family!\" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit. \n \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"and grand-children and great great grand-children. \n \n There is no end to them! \n \n Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers. \n \n They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of",
"were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared \n at night--especially cheese and bacon. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha became more and more distracted, and mewed dreadfully. \n \n \n \n \n",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"The visitor was a neighbour, Mrs. Ribby; she had called to borrow some \n yeast. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha came downstairs mewing dreadfully--\"Come in, Cousin Ribby,",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n"
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"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?\" \n \n \"All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to \n have an unruly family!\" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit. \n \n",
"come in, and sit ye down! I'm in sad trouble, Cousin Ribby,\" said \n Tabitha, shedding tears. \"I've lost my dear son Thomas; I'm afraid the",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"and looked up. It was a big old-fashioned fire-place. \n \n The chimney itself was wide enough inside for a man to stand up and walk \n about. So there was plenty of room for a little Tom Cat. \n \n \n \n \n",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom"
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"bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?\" \n \n \"All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to \n have an unruly family!\" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit. \n \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n",
"were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared \n at night--especially cheese and bacon. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha became more and more distracted, and mewed dreadfully. \n \n \n \n \n",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"The visitor was a neighbour, Mrs. Ribby; she had called to borrow some \n yeast. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha came downstairs mewing dreadfully--\"Come in, Cousin Ribby,",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"and grand-children and great great grand-children. \n \n There is no end to them! \n \n Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers. \n \n They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of",
"rats, and rats, and rats in his barn! They eat up the chicken food, and \n steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags. \n \n And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand."
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"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"bonnet last time I came to tea. Where have you looked for him?\" \n \n \"All over the house! The rats are too many for me. What a thing it is to \n have an unruly family!\" said Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit. \n \n",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
"While their mother was searching the house, Moppet and Mittens had got \n into mischief. \n \n The cupboard door was not locked, so they pushed it open and came out. \n \n \n",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"roly-poly noise under the attic floor. But there was nothing to be seen. \n \n \n \n They returned to the kitchen. \"Here's one of your kittens at least,\" \n said Ribby, dragging Moppet out of the flour barrel.",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"were odd little jagged doorways in the wainscot, and things disappeared \n at night--especially cheese and bacon. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha became more and more distracted, and mewed dreadfully. \n \n \n \n \n",
"to the kitchen to steal the dough. \n \n \n \n She borrowed a small saucer, and scooped up the dough with her paws. \n \n She did not observe Moppet. \n",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are"
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"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"the daylight shone down from the top, under the slanting slates that \n kept out the rain. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten was getting very frightened! He climbed up, and up, and up. \n \n \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"Then he waded sideways through inches of soot. He was like a little \n sweep himself. \n \n It was most confusing in the dark. One flue seemed to lead into \n another. \n \n There was less smoke, but Tom Kitten felt quite lost. \n",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
"Kitten. She looked in the pantry under the staircase, and she searched \n the best spare bedroom that was all covered up with dust sheets. She \n went right upstairs and looked into the attics, but she could not find \n him anywhere. \n",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n"
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"Presently the rats came back and set to work to make him into a \n dumpling. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him \n in the dough. \n",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"\"I'm not afraid of rats; I will help you to find him; and whip him too! \n What is all that soot in the fender?\" \n \n \n",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"rats have got him.\" She wiped her eyes with her apron. \n \n \"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n",
"yellow teeth at me and whisked down the hole.\" \n \n \"The rats get upon my nerves, Cousin Ribby,\" said Tabitha. \n \n \n \n Ribby and Tabitha searched and searched. They both heard a curious",
"rats, and rats, and rats in his barn! They eat up the chicken food, and \n steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags. \n \n And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n"
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"Presently the rats came back and set to work to make him into a \n dumpling. First they smeared him with butter, and then they rolled him \n in the dough. \n",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"be other sounds up above--the rasping noise of a saw; and the noise of a \n little dog, scratching and yelping! \n \n \n \n The rats dropped the rolling-pin, and listened attentively. \n",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"was nobody under the floor except the rolling-pin and Tom Kitten in a \n very dirty dumpling! \n \n \n \n But there was a strong smell of rats; and John Joiner spent the rest of",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n",
"young ones out of one hole in the back kitchen, and we had them for \n dinner last Saturday. And once I saw the old father rat--an enormous old \n rat, Cousin Ribby. I was just going to jump upon him, when he showed his",
"in one of the attics. They could not find anything, but once they heard \n a door bang and somebody scuttered downstairs. \n \n \"Yes, it is infested with rats,\" said Tabitha tearfully. \"I caught seven",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"they have caught--dozens and dozens of them. \n \n \n \n But Tom Kitten has always been afraid of a rat; he never durst face \n anything that is bigger than-- \n \n \n \n A Mouse. \n \n \n \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"rats have got him.\" She wiped her eyes with her apron. \n \n \"He's a bad kitten, Cousin Tabitha; he made a cat's cradle of my best",
"\"Oh! Mother, Mother, there has been an old man rat in the dairy--a \n dreadful 'normous big rat, mother; and he's stolen a pat of butter and \n the rolling-pin.\" \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such"
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"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"Samuel Whiskers was puffing and out of breath. Anna Maria was still \n arguing in shrill tones. \n \n She seemed to know her way, and she seemed to have a quantity of \n luggage. \n",
"\"I fetched as much as I could carry,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \"I do not think\"--said Samuel Whiskers, pausing to take a look at Tom",
"Maria, considering Tom Kitten with her head on one side. \n \n \n \n \n \n \"No,\" said Samuel Whiskers, \"make it properly, Anna Maria, with \n breadcrumbs.\" \n \n \n",
"lane from the corner, and I saw Mr. Samuel Whiskers and his wife on the \n run, with big bundles on a little wheel-barrow, which looked very like \n mine. \n \n They were just turning in at the gate to the barn of Farmer Potatoes.",
"Anna Maria did the tying. The old rat watched her and took snuff. When \n she had finished, they both sat staring at him with their mouths open. \n \n \"Anna Maria,\" said the old man rat (whose name was Samuel",
" (http://www.gutenberg.net/dirs/1/5/5/7/15575/15575-h.zip) \n \n \n \n \n \n THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"\"Will not the string be very indigestible, Anna Maria?\" inquired Samuel \n Whiskers. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria said she thought that it was of no consequence; but she",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
" GUTENBERG EBOOK THE TALE OF SAMUEL WHISKERS*** \n \n \n E-text prepared by Robert Cicconetti, Ronald Holder, and the Project",
"Whiskers),--\"Anna Maria, make me a kitten dumpling roly-poly pudding for \n my dinner.\" \n \n \"It requires dough and a pat of butter, and a rolling-pin,\" said Anna",
"\"We are discovered and interrupted, Anna Maria; let us collect our \n property--and other people's,--and depart at once.\" \n \n \"I fear that we shall be obliged to leave this pudding.\" \n \n \n",
"rats, and rats, and rats in his barn! They eat up the chicken food, and \n steal the oats and bran, and make holes in the meal bags. \n \n And they are all descended from Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Whiskers--children",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"He could hear Ribby and Tabitha talking, but they were busy lighting the \n candle to look into the chest. \n \n They did not see him. \n \n \n \n Anna Maria went down by way of the skirting-board and a window shutter",
"Opposite to him--as far away as he could sit--was an enormous rat. \n \n \"What do you mean by tumbling into my bed all covered with smuts?\" said \n the rat, chattering his teeth. \n \n \n",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"not know his way, and where there are enormous rats. \n \n Tom Kitten did not want to be shut up in a cupboard. When he saw that \n his mother was going to bake, he determined to hide. \n"
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"and grand-children and great great grand-children. \n \n There is no end to them! \n \n Moppet and Mittens have grown up into very good rat-catchers. \n \n They go out rat-catching in the village, and they find plenty of",
"While their mother was searching the house, Moppet and Mittens had got \n into mischief. \n \n The cupboard door was not locked, so they pushed it open and came out. \n \n \n",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"But Moppet had been too much frightened to peep out of the barrel again. \n \n Ribby and Tabitha took her with them to keep her safely in sight, while \n they went on with their search. \n \n \n \n \n",
"roly-poly noise under the attic floor. But there was nothing to be seen. \n \n \n \n They returned to the kitchen. \"Here's one of your kittens at least,\" \n said Ribby, dragging Moppet out of the flour barrel.",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"kitchen, and she's stolen some of the dough!\" \n \n The two cats ran to look at the dough pan. Sure enough there were marks \n of little scratching fingers, and a lump of dough was gone! \n \n \"Which way did she go, Moppet?\"",
"to the kitchen to steal the dough. \n \n \n \n She borrowed a small saucer, and scooped up the dough with her paws. \n \n She did not observe Moppet. \n",
"Once upon a time there was an old cat, called Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit, who \n was an anxious parent. She used to lose her kittens continually, and \n whenever they were lost they were always in mischief! \n",
"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"After that, there were no more rats for a long time at Tabitha \n Twitchit's. \n \n \n \n As for Farmer Potatoes, he has been driven nearly distracted. There are",
"\"Nonsense! Butter and dough,\" replied Anna Maria. \n \n \n \n The two rats consulted together for a few minutes and then went away. \n \n Samuel Whiskers got through a hole in the wainscot, and went boldly down",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin"
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"up inside the chimney, knocking down some soot into the fender. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten coughed and choked with the smoke; and he could hear the \n sticks beginning to crackle and burn in the fire-place down below. He",
"While their mother was searching the house, Moppet and Mittens had got \n into mischief. \n \n The cupboard door was not locked, so they pushed it open and came out. \n \n \n",
"While Tom Kitten was left alone under the floor of the attic, he \n wriggled about and tried to mew for help. \n \n But his mouth was full of soot and cobwebs, and he was tied up in such",
"On baking day she determined to shut them up in a cupboard. \n \n She caught Moppet and Mittens, but she could not find Tom. \n \n Mrs. Tabitha went up and down all over the house, mewing for Tom",
"All in a minute she rushed upon Tom Kitten, and before he knew what was \n happening-- \n \n His coat was pulled off, and he was rolled up in a bundle, and tied with \n string in very hard knots. \n",
"\"This seems funny,\" said Tom Kitten. \"Who has been gnawing bones up here \n in the chimney? I wish I had never come! And what a funny smell? It is \n something like mouse; only dreadfully strong. It makes me sneeze,\" said",
"wished that Tom Kitten would hold his head still, as it disarranged the \n pastry. She laid hold of his ears. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten bit and spat, and mewed and wriggled; and the rolling-pin",
" * * * * * \n \n \n \n Now this is what had been happening to Tom Kitten, and it shows how very \n unwise it is to go up a chimney in a very old house, where a person does",
"It was a judge of knots because it had a habit of tying up unfortunate \n blue-bottles. It did not offer to assist him. \n \n Tom Kitten wriggled and squirmed until he was quite exhausted. \n \n \n \n \n",
"They went into the dairy. The first thing they found was Mittens, hiding \n in an empty jar. \n \n \n \n They tipped up the jar, and she scrambled out. \n \n \"Oh, Mother, Mother!\" said Mittens--",
"\"Please sir, the chimney wants sweeping,\" said poor Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \"Anna Maria! Anna Maria!\" squeaked the rat. There was a pattering noise \n and an old woman rat poked her head round a rafter. \n",
"to the kitchen to steal the dough. \n \n \n \n She borrowed a small saucer, and scooped up the dough with her paws. \n \n She did not observe Moppet. \n",
"He looked about for a nice convenient place, and he fixed upon the \n chimney. \n \n The fire had only just been lighted, and it was not hot; but there was a \n white choky smoke from the green sticks. Tom Kitten got upon the fender",
"kitchen, and she's stolen some of the dough!\" \n \n The two cats ran to look at the dough pan. Sure enough there were marks \n of little scratching fingers, and a lump of dough was gone! \n \n \"Which way did she go, Moppet?\"",
"He jumped right up into the fire-place, balancing himself upon the iron \n bar where the kettle hangs. \n \n \n \n Tom Kitten took another big jump off the bar, and landed on a ledge high",
"They shook the flour off her and set her down on the kitchen floor. She \n seemed to be in a terrible fright. \n \n \"Oh! Mother, Mother,\" said Moppet, \"there's been an old woman rat in the",
"Tom Kitten. \n \n \n \n \n \n He squeezed through the hole in the wall, and dragged himself along a \n most uncomfortably tight passage where there was scarcely any light. \n \n \n",
"But just at that moment somebody knocked at the front door, and Moppet \n jumped into the flour barrel in a fright. \n \n \n \n Mittens ran away to the dairy, and hid in an empty jar on the stone \n shelf where the milk pans stand.",
"\"The chimney wants sweeping--Oh, dear me, Cousin Ribby--now Moppet and \n Mittens are gone!\" \n \n \"They have both got out of the cupboard!\" \n \n \n",
"All at once he fell head over heels in the dark, down a hole, and \n landed on a heap of very dirty rags. \n \n When Tom Kitten picked himself up and looked about him--he found himself"
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"What kind of food did the rats put on Tom Kitten?",
"How did Tom escape from the cupboard?",
"What were the names of the rats that captured Tom?",
"Who helped Mrs. Twitchit find Tom when he was lost?",
"Where did Tom become stuck after trying to escape?",
"Who is the carpenter that came to help get Tom out of the attic?",
"Why was the floor to the attic cut open?",
"Where do the rats escape to after they are caught?",
"What were the rats planning on doing to Tom?",
"Who are Moppet and Mittens to Tom Kitten?",
"Why did Mrs. Tabitha Twitchit put her children in the cupboard?",
"Where did Tom Kittens end up after escaping through the chimney?",
"Who did Tom Kittens meet in the attic?",
"What did Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria want to do to Tom Kittens?",
"Who rescued Tom Kittens?",
"How was Tom Kittens rescued?",
"Where did Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria escape to?",
"How was Tom Kittens affected by the incident with the rats?",
"How many children does Mrs. Twitchit have?",
"What are the names of Tom's sisters?",
"What animals have overun Mrs. Twitchit's house?",
"Where does Mrs. Twitchit place Moppet and Mittens?",
"Where does Tom Kitten hide?",
"What do the rats plan to do with Tom?",
"What ingredients do the rats cover Tom with?",
"Where do Sam Whiskers and Anna Maria escape to?",
"What do Moppet and Mittens become afterwards?",
"What kind of a sin do Tom, Mittens and Moppet commit?"
] |
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"Dough and butter.",
"They cover him with butter and dough."
],
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"He climbed up the chimney. ",
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],
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"Mr. Samuel Whiskers and Anna Marie Whiskers. ",
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],
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"Her cousin Ribby.",
"Ribby"
],
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"In the floorboards of the attic. ",
"Underneath the attic floorboards"
],
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"John Joiner.",
"john joiner"
],
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"To get Tom out. ",
"To resuce Tom"
],
[
"Farmer Potatoes barn. ",
"farmer potatoes"
],
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"Making him into a pudding so they could eat him. ",
"Eating him as a pudding"
],
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"His sisters.",
"his sisters"
],
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"Because they weren't following rules and being punished.",
"To keep them under control as the house of overrun with rats"
],
[
"The attic.",
"under the atic floor boards"
],
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"Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria.",
"The rats: Samuel Whiskers and Anna Maria"
],
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"They wanted to eat him.",
"eat him"
],
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" John Joiner.",
"John Joiner"
],
[
"Sawing through the floor of the attic.",
"The carpenter saws a hole in the floor to rescue him."
],
[
"Farmer Potatoes' barn.",
"Farmer Potatoes"
],
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"He is now afraid of anything bigger than mice.",
"He is now afraid of anything larger than a mouse."
],
[
"Three.",
"3"
],
[
"Moppet and Mittens.",
"Moppet and Mittens."
],
[
"Rats.",
"Rats"
],
[
"In the cupboard.",
"in a cupboard"
],
[
"In the floorboard of the attic.",
"up the chimney"
],
[
"Eat him as pudding.",
"They cover him with butter and dough, and plan to eat him as a pudding."
],
[
"Butter and dough.",
"butter and dough"
],
[
"Farmer Potatoes' barn.",
"Farmer Potatoe's barn"
],
[
"Rat catchers. ",
"Rat-catchers"
],
[
"Disobedience.",
"disobediance"
]
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