Now the window heard the door

shut. So the window said:

"Door, why do you shut?"

"Oh," said the door, "Titty is dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps. And so I

shut."

"Then," said the window, "I'll creak.” So the window creaked.

Now there was an old bench outside the house. And the old bench said: "Window, why do you creak?" And the window said, "Oh, Titty is dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool

hops, and the broom sweeps, and the door shuts, and so I creak."

"Then," said the bench, "I'll run around the house."

So the old bench ran around the

house.

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TITTY MOUSE AND TATTY MOUSE (Continued)

sitting running when

moult shed

pretty feathers beautiful green leaves

Now there was a little robin sitting in a tree near the house. And when

he saw the bench running around the house, he said:

"Bench, why do you run around the house?"

And the old bench stopped a minute and said:

"Oh, Titty is dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps, and the door shuts, and the window creaks, and so I run around the house."

Then," said the robin, "I'll moult all my feathers."

So the robin moulted all his pretty feathers.

And the tree saw the robin moult

ing its feathers. So the tree said:

"Robin, why do you moult all your

pretty feathers ?"

And the robin said:

“Oh, Titty is dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps, and the door shuts, and the window creaks, and the old bench runs round the house. And so I moult all my feathers."

"Then," said the tree, "I'll shed my leaves."

So the tree shed all its beautiful green leaves.

Just then a little girl came by with

a jug of milk for her supper. And she said:

"Tree, why do you shed all your beautiful green leaves ?"

And the tree said:

"Oh, Titty is dead, and Tatty weeps, and the stool hops, and the broom sweeps, and the door shuts, and the window creaks, and the old bench runs around the house, and the little bird