_WHITE-PAW STARTS TO SEE THE WORLD._
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1. White-paw was a young mouse that lived with his mother. Their home
was in a barn, behind some sacks of corn, and a very nice home it was.
2. When a sunbeam flashed in upon them at midday, "That was the sun,"
said Mrs. Mouse. When a ray of the moon stole quietly in, "That is the
moon," said the simple-minded creature, and thought she was very wise
to know so much.
3. But little White-paw was not so contented as his mother. As he
frisked and played in his one ray of sunshine or one gleam of
moonlight, he had queer little fancies.
4. One morning, while at breakfast on some kernels of corn and sweet
apples which his mother had brought home, he asked: