Lolla

"MISS DELIGHT, I think there must be mice in the store-room cupboards," said Sarah to her mistress, one morning after breakfast. "I find the cake and biscuits crumbed and nibbled; and the crackers go away faster than they ought I am sure. And just see here how this syrup from the dish of plums I set away yesterday is trailed upon the shelf. Nasty little things! If there is any thing I do hate, it is a mouse."

"You must shut Dragon into the store-room at night, and move the things away so that he can get about on the shelves," said Aunt Delight. "It is a long time since we have had any mice in the house. The old cat must be growing lazy."