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    Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories
    Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories
    Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories
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    Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories

    By C. Kernahan and J. G. Kernahan

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories - C. Kernahan

      The Project Gutenberg eBook, Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories, by J. G. Kernahan and C. Kernahan

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      Title: Tom, Dot and Talking Mouse and Other Bedtime Stories

      Author: J. G. Kernahan and C. Kernahan

      Release Date: September 29, 2006 [eBook #19409]

      Language: English

      Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1

      ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TOM, DOT AND TALKING MOUSE AND OTHER BEDTIME STORIES***

      E-text prepared by Al Haines

      [Frontispiece: Tom Lecky]

      TOM, DOT AND TALKING MOUSE

      AND

      OTHER BEDTIME STORIES

      BY J. G. & C. KERNAHAN

      ILLUSTRATED

      NEW YORK

      THE PLATT & MUNK CO. INC.

      COPYRIGHT, 1916, BY

      THE PLATT & PECK CO.

      CONTENTS

      The Miller's Mouse

      The Old Rocking Horse

      The Message of the Lily

      Water-Lily's Mission

      ILLUSTRATIONS

      Tom Lecky . . . . . . Frontispiece

      Little girls with flowers

      Tom dreaming

      Mouse at mouse-hole

      Mouse at cobweb ladder

      Little girls picking flowers

      Child with basket of flowers

      THE MILLER'S MOUSE

      The reason why every one loved Tom Lecky so much was, I believe, that he was so good-tempered, so cheerful and so unselfish.

      Tom was not good-looking, and, indeed, if one were disposed to be critical in such matters, one could have found fault with almost all his features except his eyes. These were brown like sealskin, and nearly always brimming over with merriment. But no one ever thought of criticising Tom's features, and there really was a common belief among the villagers that Tom was a handsome fellow. And indeed he was, for his beautiful unselfish soul gave to his face a beauty which merely regular features can never do.

      Tom Lecky owned a flour-mill, which was situated a little way from Ellingford, the village where he had been born. He was well-off, for the mill brought him a good deal of money. He had no relations, but hoped to have a very near one—a wife. This was Anne Grey, the blacksmith's daughter, who was as pretty as she was winsome. She was fond of pretty things too, flowers especially, so it was Tom's delight to gratify her fancy.

      For this reason he bought Brooks's cottage, which had a lovely garden. And week by week he purchased this or that to make his cottage pretty and home-like for his bride. It would be difficult to tell how much pleasure Tom found in furnishing this cottage. He would wander in the garden-paths among the rose-bushes, smiling to himself as he thought of the many surprises in store for Anne. But a surprise was in store for him which was not at all pleasant. Anne Grey married some one else.

      When Tom heard it, he locked up the pretty cottage, put the key in his pocket, and went to the mill to live. To Anne

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