"Oh no!"said Snappy."I smell some CHEESE!"
Now,when a mouse smells cheese,he can find his way to it,even though the doors are closed.So before they knew it,Snippy and Snappy found themselves going through a crack in the wall and --
"There it is!"cried Snappy,looking hungrily at a big chunk of cheese in --A MOUSE TRAP!
He was just about to start nibbling at it,when Snippy gave a loud squeak.
"Oh,oh!"she cried."Something's after us."
It was true.Something jumped down from somewhere and ran after the two little field-mice.
"Snippy!Snappy!Don't you know me?"said a voice behind them.The two little mice looked around and whom should they see but Father Mouse!
Snippy and Snappy pointed to the mouse-trap and said proudly,"See,Father Mouse?A kitchen cupboard full of cheese.We found it all by ourselves."
But Father Mouse put his arms around Snippy and Snappy and said,"My dear little mice --that is NOT a kitchen cupboard --it's a MOUSE TRAP."
"And what's a mouse-trap?"asked Snippy and Snappy.
"Well,"said Father Mouse,"as soon as a mouse starts nibbling at the cheese in a mouse-trap --there's a snip and a snap and a trip and a trap--and that's the end of a little mousie."