"
"You must call it 'hot cockalorum.' And what, this?" he went on,
pointing to the water.
"Water or wet, or whatever you please, sir."
"No, 'pondalorum' is its name. And what do you call all this?" asked
he, as he pointed to the house.
"House or cottage, or whatever you please, sir."
"You must call it 'high topper mountain.'"
That very night the servant woke her master up in a fright and said:
"Master of all Masters, get out of your barnacle and put on your
squibs and crackers. For white-faced simminy has got a spark of hot
cockalorum on its tail, and unless you get some pondalorum, high
topper mountain will be all on hot cockalorum."... That's all.
* * * * *
BELLING THE CAT
Once upon a time the mice sat in council and talked of how they might
outwit their enemy, the Cat. But good advice was scarce, and in vain
the president called upon all the most experienced mice present to
find a way.
At last a very young mouse held up two fingers and asked to be allowed
to speak, and as soon as he could get permission he said:
"I've been thinking for a long time why the Cat is such a dangerous
enemy. Now, it's not so much because of her quickness, though people
make so much fuss about that.
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