Cheese, cheese!

Come here, Tom.

I have

some cheese.

Smell the cheese.

Do you like

the smell?

Eat the

cheese, Tom.

You have

sharp teeth.

You may

eat the cheese.

Cheese is good.

Do you

like it, Tom ?

Tom does not

like cheese.

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Squeak !

I am a little

gray mouse.

Do you see

my soft coat?

Do you see my

little black eyes?

I have

sharp claws.

I have

sharp teeth.

I like to

eat cheese.

I must find

some cheese.

Do you

see Tom ?

Do you

hear him ?

Tom must not

catch me.

Must I run?

Must I hide?

Squeak !

I do not

hear him.

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Squeak ! Squeak !

I smell cheese.

How good

it smells !

I must find

that cheese.

Is it in

that box?

I must creep

to the box

and see.

What do I hear?

What do I see?

I hear

Tom Big Eyes.

Now I must

run and hide.

I can not have

that cheese.

Dear, dear !

How good

it smells !

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Nibble, nibble !

What do I hear?

What do I smell?

It must be

a mouse.

I must find

that mouse.

Nibble, nibble!

Creep, Creep !

Now I

must jump!

Where is

that mouse?

Do you see

the mouse,

Tom Big Eyes?

Do you

smell the mouse,

old cat?

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A little

mouse Is in

the house.

He smells

some cheese.

The cheese

is in a box.

He finds

the cheese.

How good

it smells !

Nibble, nibble !

Our old cat

hears the mouse.

Our old cat

smells the mouse.

Where is

that mouse ?

Creep, creep !

He creeps

to the box.

He jumps

to catch

the mouse.

The little mouse

likes cheese.

Our old cat

sees the mouse.

Run, little

mouse, run!

Run away to

your house.

Run away

and hide.

POSSIBLE NEW VOCABULARY: some cheese does smell eat squeak mouse eyes him hide how that in box big nibble be jump where old house our away

These combined stories are from the Public Domain (1912) These combined stories are from the Public Domain (1912). --SpeedReading4PreSchoolers.com