A MEAN BOY.
: Cinderella The Little Glass SlipperHarry Burton woke one night and heard a strange noise in his
closet. He got out of bed, crossed the floor in his bare feet,
and carefully opened the closet door. The noise stopped,
instantly.
"Ah!" said Harry, "I knew it was mice made that noise. How I wish
I could catch them."
The next morning he told his mother about the noises he had
heard.
"I will
"I don't want the kind that kills the mice, I only want to catch
them and tame them," said Harry.
His mother laughed and told him when he had tamed his mice he
must keep them well out of her way.
The trap was set, the mice were caught, and sure enough, in a
short time were so tame they would eat from Harry's hand. He made
a little house for them, and kept in it his bedroom. Whenever he
went out, he always shut the door carefully.
Now it happened that among Harry's acquaintances, there was one
very disagreeable boy. His name was Dick Taft. Harry did not play
with him very often, for he was so ugly it was hard to get along
with him.
Dick never liked to be beaten at any game, and sometimes made it
very uncomfortable for the one who got ahead of him.
One day Harry happened to beat him at one of their school games.
Dick called after him when it was over, "I'll pay you for this,
see if I don't."
Harry only laughed as he walked away going in the opposite
direction from his own house.
When he was out of sight, Dick ran to Harry's house, made some
excuse to go up in his bedroom, and let in the big cat, who was
eagerly watching outside.
When Harry came home, the mouse house was open, and not one of
his pets was to be seen. The poor fellow was almost heart-broken.
He asked every one in the house who had left his door open. The
maid told him she thought it must have been that boy he sent up
to his room.
She described the boy, and Harry knew in a moment that it was
Dick Taft.
"So that is the way he paid me for beating him at a game," cried
Harry. "Well, never again, so long as I live, will I play with a
boy who is mean enough to do such a trick as that."
And he kept his word.
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