Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
Whitefoot the Wood Mouse
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le life. He knew that Farmer Brown's boy and
Farmer Brown and Bowser the Hound were his friends. He knew, too,
that so long as they were about, none of his enemies would dare come
near. This being so, of course there was nothing to be afraid of.
No harm could possibly come to him. At least, that is what
Whitefoot thought.
But you know, enemies are not the only dangers to watch out for. Accidents will happen. When they do happen, it is very likely to be when the possibility of them is farthest from your thoughts. Almost always they are due to heedlessness or carelessness. It was heedlessness that got Whitefoot into one of the worst mishaps of his whole life.
He had been running and jumping all around the inside of the little sugar-house. He loves to run and jump, and he had been having just the best time ever. Finally Whitefoot ran along the old bench and jumped from the end of it for a box standing on end, which Farmer Brown's boy sometimes used to sit on. It wasn't a very long jump, but somehow
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