item: #1 of 26 id: 14848 author: Potter, Beatrix title: The Story of Miss Moppet date: None words: 281 flesch: 81 summary: And then all of a sudden--Miss Moppet jumps upon the Mouse! And because the Mouse has teased Miss Moppet--Miss Moppet thinks she will tease the Mouse; which is not at all nice of Miss Moppet. keywords: illustration cache: 14848.txt plain text: 14848.txt item: #2 of 26 id: 14868 author: Potter, Beatrix title: The Tailor of Gloucester date: None words: 2992 flesch: 84 summary: The stitches of those button-holes were so small--_so_ small--they looked as if they had been made by little mice! There was a snippeting of scissors, and snappeting of thread; and little mouse voices sang loudly and gaily-- Four-and-twenty tailors Went to catch a snail, The best man amongst them Durst not touch her tail, She put out her horns Like a little kyloe cow, Run, tailors, run! keywords: gloucester; illustration; simpkin; tailor; twist cache: 14868.txt plain text: 14868.txt item: #3 of 26 id: 15284 author: Potter, Beatrix title: The Tale of Johnny Town-Mouse date: None words: 1365 flesch: 88 summary: Timmy Willie was born in a garden. Timmy Willie was a little country mouse who went to town by mistake in a hamper. keywords: mouse; timmy; willie cache: 15284.txt plain text: 15284.txt item: #4 of 26 id: 17089 author: Potter, Beatrix title: The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse date: None words: 1444 flesch: 84 summary: I am afraid I have not got any, Mr. Jackson, said Mrs. Tittlemouse. [Illustration: Mrs. Tittlemouse & Bees] THE TALE OF MRS. TITTLEMOUSE By BEATRIX POTTER Author of The Tale of Peter Rabbit etc. keywords: illustration; mrs; tittlemouse cache: 17089.txt plain text: 17089.txt item: #5 of 26 id: 18742 author: Tabor, Alta title: Willie Mouse date: None words: 808 flesch: 94 summary: [Illustration] Willie Mouse Willie Mouse had often heard his Ma and Pa say that the moon was made of green cheese, and one evening he thought he would see if he could find it. [Illustration] When the good green elf had shown him the way home he thought he would ask him if the moon were really made of green cheese, but all of a sudden Mr. Elf disappeared, and Willie Mouse still thinks that one day he will find the moon and have enough cheese to last him all his life. keywords: illustration cache: 18742.txt plain text: 18742.txt item: #6 of 26 id: 18953 author: Bailey, Arthur Scott title: The Tale of Dickie Deer Mouse date: None words: 14312 flesch: 92 summary: Once more Dickie Deer Mouse asked his pardon. Little Dickie Deer Mouse smiled as he watched the actions of his late caller. keywords: coon; crow; deer; deer mouse; dickie; dickie deer; fatty; mouse cache: 18953.txt plain text: 18953.txt item: #7 of 26 id: 19531 author: Anonymous title: Punky Dunk and the Mouse date: None words: 398 flesch: 96 summary: [Illustration] Punky sat by the trap, and seemed taking a nap, But you know that bold Punky was wise. [Illustration] Soon the mouse crept right out and went running about; Punky smiled to himself and he said: I will just let him play in his own foolish way keywords: illustration cache: 19531.txt plain text: 19531.txt item: #8 of 26 id: 27239 author: Traill, Catharine Parr Strickland title: Little Downy: The History of a Field-Mouse date: None words: 10097 flesch: 65 summary: [Illustration] It was in vain for her to lament the sad fate of her mother and brethren; she could not recal them to life; and Downy was thankful that she had escaped so well; but the cold weather was not gone yet, and poor little Downy knew she had nothing to eat and no warm house to live in; but must make herself one; and she was afraid she should be starved to death with hunger, or die with cold. Poor little Downy was in a sad fright; she knew not what to do, for she saw his head peeping out of her hole, and his cunning black eye looking round in every direction. keywords: alfred; day; downy; garden; mother; mouse; silket; thought; velvet cache: 27239.txt plain text: 27239.txt item: #9 of 26 id: 27346 author: Unknown title: Grandmother Puss; Or, The grateful mouse date: None words: 1622 flesch: 89 summary: But as soon as Grandmother Puss told him to let little Cooky alone, and never to go near her, or frighten her; Peter was at once seized with a violent wish to do that very thing. Now, the wicked old rat tried nearly as hard to catch poor Cooky as Grandmother Puss did to get the old rat; and Cooky was more afraid of the grim old rat, than he was of the cat herself. keywords: cooky; puss cache: 27346.txt plain text: 27346.txt item: #10 of 26 id: 27456 author: Unknown title: The Mouse's Wedding date: None words: 626 flesch: 85 summary: The bridegroom sent the bride the usual articles: an obi or belt, silk cotton, dried bonito, dried cuttle fish, white flax, sea-weed, and _sake_ or rice wine. The bride sent the bridegroom in like manner: a linen _kami-shimo_, dried bonito, dried cuttle-fish, white flax, sea-weed, fish, and _sake_; thus confirming the marriage promise. keywords: bride; fish cache: 27456.txt plain text: 27456.txt item: #11 of 26 id: 29447 author: Coloma, Luis title: Perez the Mouse date: None words: 3433 flesch: 81 summary: And, as he prayed, the gates were opened wide by thousands of poor little children to whom he had been King, that is to say, eldest brother here on earth. [Illustration: King Bubi the First] PEREZ THE MOUSE Once upon a time there lived a king called Bubi the First, who was very kind to poor children and mice. keywords: bubi; illustration; king; mouse; perez cache: 29447.txt plain text: 29447.txt item: #12 of 26 id: 31149 author: Finley, Robert B. title: A New Piñon Mouse (Peromyscus truei) from Durango, Mexico date: None words: 1311 flesch: 63 summary: Remarks._--The tail of _P. t. erasmus_ varies greatly in color, being either bicolor or unicolor, dark gray above and varying from white to dark gray below. P. t. erasmus_ has evolved from _P. t. gentilis_ by natural selection for concealing coloration on the dark lavas northeast of Durango, México. keywords: durango; length cache: 31149.txt plain text: 31149.txt item: #13 of 26 id: 31235 author: Long, Charles Alan title: Natural History of the Brush Mouse (Peromyscus boylii) in Kansas With Description of a New Subspecies date: None words: 3731 flesch: 76 summary: attwateri_, the subspecies geographically nearest _cansensis_, the latter can be easily distinguished by the less protuberant eyes and relatively shorter tail (91 per cent of length of head and body; in topotypes of _P. b. attwateri_ from Kerr County, Texas, 104 per cent; in specimens of _P. b. attwateri_ from Cherokee County, Kansas, 103 per cent). The skull and nasals (see Table 1) in adults of _P. b. attwateri_ from Cherokee County average shorter than in _cansensis_. keywords: = =; brush; kansas; mouse; | | cache: 31235.txt plain text: 31235.txt item: #14 of 26 id: 31674 author: Jones, J. Knox title: Comments on the Taxonomic Status of Apodemus peninsulae, with Description of a New Subspecies from North China date: None words: 3278 flesch: 65 summary: Sylvaemus_ and closely resembling each other, are represented by a small animal that is currently regarded as conspecific with _Apodemus sylvaticus_ and a larger animal of which the Korean mouse, _peninsulae_, is representative. Neither have I seen specimens of the Sakhalin Island mouse, _giliacus_, which Ellerman (1949:32) regards as a subspecies of _Apodemus sylvaticus_. keywords: = =; apodemus; peninsulae; subspecies; usnm; | | cache: 31674.txt plain text: 31674.txt item: #15 of 26 id: 32112 author: Anderson, Sydney title: Records of Harvest Mice, Reithrodontomys, from Central America, with Description of a New Subspecies from Nicaragua date: None words: 3547 flesch: 65 summary: Four specimens of _meridionalis_ trapped in July at the type locality, only one mile from the locality of capture of the February-taken specimens, are distinctly darker dorsally and slightly darker ventrally than the three _meridionalis_ trapped in February and March, but resemble the latter three in shortness of tail and in having short, peppered dorsal pelage. The lesser average and maximum total length of skull in _meridionalis_ than in either series of _chiapensis_ suggests that _meridionalis_ has a smaller skull. keywords: hooper; length; specimens cache: 32112.txt plain text: 32112.txt item: #16 of 26 id: 32160 author: Arr, Stephen title: Chain of Command date: None words: 3271 flesch: 91 summary: It was ice water, and poor George, dripping wet, began to tremble uncontrollably. Said he'd take it up with the supervisor, George said, settling down in an armchair. keywords: george; janitor; trap cache: 32160.txt plain text: 32160.txt item: #17 of 26 id: 32679 author: Cockrum, E. Lendell title: Geographic Variation in Red-backed Mice (Genus Clethrionomys) of the Southern Rocky Mountain Region date: None words: 3831 flesch: 73 summary: Clethrionomys gapperi brevicaudus_, although isolated geographically and although morphologically more distinct than many of the currently recognized subspecies of _C. gapperi_, is probably best arranged as a subspecies of _C. gapperi_ rather than as a full species. They gave no reason for arranging _brevicaudus_ as a subspecies of _C. gapperi_. keywords: clethrionomys; county; galei; gapperi; specimens cache: 32679.txt plain text: 32679.txt item: #18 of 26 id: 33204 author: Anderson, Sydney title: Subspeciation in the Meadow Mouse, Microtus pennsylvanicus, in Wyoming, Colorado, and Adjacent Areas date: None words: 7486 flesch: 70 summary: Also, there seemed to be a hiatus of at least 180 miles between the ranges of _modestus_ in northern Colorado and _modestus_ in eastern Wyoming, and an even greater distance separating populations of _modestus_ in northern Colorado from those in western Wyoming. by the method of pairs, and _modestus_ had a larger foramen magnum in 6 of 6 pairs (Confidence Limit .97) and larger first upper molar teeth in 5 of 6 pairs (C. L. .75). keywords: = =; co.; colorado; county; microtus; modestus; specimens; subspecies; wyoming; | | cache: 33204.txt plain text: 33204.txt item: #19 of 26 id: 33509 author: Alvarez, Ticul title: Taxonomic Status of Some Mice of The Peromyscus boylii Group in Eastern Mexico, With Description of a New Subspecies date: None words: 3374 flesch: 72 summary: Osgood (1909) by comparison of one of Saussure's specimens with some from Mirador, Veracruz, concluded that _aztecus_ was a subspecies of _P. boylii_. P. aztecus_ as a subspecies of _P. boylii_ because of the resemblance between _aztecus_ and _P. b. evides_, but _evides_ is far removed geographically (occurring only in western México) from _aztecus_, and is smaller. keywords: = =; aztecus; boylii; levipes; specimens cache: 33509.txt plain text: 33509.txt item: #20 of 26 id: 35542 author: Lantz, David E. (David Ernest) title: House Rats and Mice date: None words: 8552 flesch: 70 summary: The animal is usually caught by the foot, and its squealing has a tendency to frighten other rats. The value of carnivorous mammals and the larger birds of prey in destroying rats and mice should be more fully recognized, especially by the farmer and the game preserver. keywords: animals; buildings; cents; concrete; fig; food; mice; price; proof; rats; states; trap; use; wire cache: 35542.txt plain text: 35542.txt item: #21 of 26 id: 38290 author: Packard, Robert L. (Robert Lewis) title: Speciation and Evolution of the Pygmy Mice, Genus Baiomys date: None words: 41387 flesch: 75 summary: The Río Grande de Santiago may have acted in the past as a physical barrier reducing gene flow between _allex_ and _paulus_ From his knowledge of the habitats of _B. musculus_, the larger species, and _B. taylori_, the smaller species, Hibbard (1952:203) suggests that _B. kolbi_, a large species, might have inhabited lowlands, and _B. rexroadi_, a small species, highlands. keywords: = =; amer; b. m.; b. musculus; b. t.; b. taylori; baiomys; black; breadth; brown; bull; color; county; dorsum; feet; gray; hairs; hind; kansas; length; mammals; march; mice; museum; méxico; nat; north; peromyscus; pygmy; range; san; skull; south; species; specimens; subspecies; tail; text; type; univ; white; | | cache: 38290.txt plain text: 38290.txt item: #22 of 26 id: 45264 author: Potter, Beatrix title: The Tale of Two Bad Mice date: None words: 1027 flesch: 87 summary: Tom Thumb and Hunca Munca went cautiously across the hearthrug. Let it alone, said Tom Thumb; give me some fish, Hunca Munca! keywords: illustration; munca cache: 45264.txt plain text: 45264.txt item: #23 of 26 id: 45751 author: Mathews, Joanna H. (Joanna Hooe) title: Nellie's Housekeeping Little Sunbeams Series date: None words: 44053 flesch: 83 summary: Poor little Daisy! You say that, papa, because I was disobliging to Carrie this afternoon, and careless with dear little Daisy to-night, and I know it serves me right; but do you think it is not a very great duty for me to improve myself all I can? Certainly, Nellie, I think it your duty to make the most of your advantages, and that you should try to improve yourself as much as you can at proper times and in proper places; but I do not think it wise or right that my little girl should spend the time that she needs for rest or play in what is to her hard work and study. keywords: carrie; children; daisy; frankie; good; help; house; little; mamma; mice; mind; mother; mrs; nellie; papa; ransom; room; thing; thought; time; way cache: 45751.txt plain text: 45751.txt item: #24 of 26 id: 62109 author: Brown, Fredric title: The Star Mouse date: None words: 7865 flesch: 85 summary: No? Loogk, this is der original Mitkey Mouse, by Valt Dissney. Paul Bunyan; the story of their adventures is nothing compared to the Saga of Mitkey. keywords: bemj; der; earth; herr; iss; minnie; mitkey; mouse; professor; rocket; und cache: 62109.txt plain text: 62109.txt item: #25 of 26 id: 7767 author: Leonard, Nellie M. (Nellie Mabel) title: The Graymouse Family date: None words: 12160 flesch: 96 summary: When Mother Graymouse, with Squealer and the twins, returned from making Granny Whiskers an afternoon call, she found Silver Ears and Buster setting the tea-table. When Mother Graymouse had gone, Silver Ears was eager for another adventure. keywords: buster; daddy; ears; good; graymouse; mammy; mother; silver; squeaky; toes; uncle cache: 7767.txt plain text: 7767.txt item: #26 of 26 id: 7808 author: Leonard, Nellie M. (Nellie Mabel) title: Grand-Daddy Whiskers, M.D. date: None words: 12683 flesch: 97 summary: he cried gaily The heavy furniture cart was pulled down the last hill Will you walk into my parlor, Dr. Whiskers? Dr. Whiskers worked deftly away, setting the broken limb Webbie Spider raised his paw They worked bravely with Uncle Squeaky for captain And so, explained Uncle Squeaky, he went on a hop, skip and jump like this He folded his paws as Mammy had taught him long ago, tossed his head high and sang merrily. keywords: buster; daddy; dot; good; granny; graymouse; home; mouse; squeaky; toes; uncle; whiskers cache: 7808.txt plain text: 7808.txt