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  Halloween Mice!

  Bethany Roberts

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  Halloween Mice!

  Halloween Mice!

  by Bethany Roberts • Illustrated by Doug Cushman

  Clarion Books • New York

  Clarion Books • a Houghton Mifflin Company imprint • 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003

  Text copyright © 1995 by Barbara Beverage • Illustrations copyright © 1995 by Doug Cushman

  Illustrations were executed in watercolor. • Type was set in 18/23-point Cantoria semi bold.

  All rights reserved. • For information about permission to reproduce selections from this book,

  write to Permissions, Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10003.

  Manufactured in China.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Roberts, Bethany. • Halloween mice! / by Bethany Roberts ; illustrated by Doug Cushman. • p. cm.

  Summary: Mice whirling and skipping on Halloween night are threatened by an approaching cat, until they

  come up with a scary trick to defend themselves. • ISBN 0-395-67064-0 PA ISBN 0-395-86619-7

  [1. Mice—Fiction. 2. Cats—Fiction. 3. Halloween—Fiction.] I. Cushman, Doug, ill. II. Title.

  PZ7.R5396Hal 1994 • [E]—dc20 93-17192

  CIP AC

  SCP 15 14 13 12 11 10 9

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  To Anne, who gave me my first Halloween mouse

  —love and thanks

  —B.R.

  For Tony Kramer

  —D.C.

  Halloween mice tiptoe, tiptoe.

  One little mouse is oh so slow.

  Hurry! Scurry!

  Frisk, frisk!

  Halloween mice skitter through the cornfield.

  Ghosts! Witches!

  Whisk, whisk!

  Halloween mice scamper in the pumpkin patch.

  Having a party!

  Whirl, whirl!

  Halloween mice are midnight dancers,

  swirling in the moonlight.

  Twirl, twirl!

  Dance, prance, round and round.

  Faster! Faster!

  Whish, whish!

  Halloween mice stop, listen...

  Rustle! Rustle!

  Swish, swish!

  Halloween cat, coming, coming...

  Huddle, whisper!

  Quick, quick!

  Halloween mice make a plan.

  Scramble up a pumpkin!

  Click, click!

  Halloween mice make a shadow.

  Spooky, scary!

  RUN, CAT, RUN!

  Cat is gone!

  Sing, swing!

  Nibble on pumpkin seeds.

  Yum, yum, yum!

  Halloween mice tiptoe home now.

  Yawning, tired.

  Ho-ho-hum!

  Halloween mice tumble into bed,

  while Owl in the tree hoots,

  Whoo! Whoo!

  One little mouse still wants to party.

  Waits 'til it's quiet,

  then shouts...

  "BOO!"

 

 

  Bethany Roberts, Halloween Mice!

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