Freddy the Politician

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Walter Rollin Brooks. Freddy the Politician

Freddy the Politician

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Walter Rollin Brooks

Published by Good Press, 2021

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“What!” yelled Jinx. “Why, you—” He made a dive for the cigar box, but the mice had sneaked away in the darkness, and in a pause in the wind he heard them giggling together under the floor. For a minute he didn’t say anything. He couldn’t see the two dogs. Cats can see better than other animals in the dark but they can’t see when there isn’t any light at all, and the kitchen was as dark as a bottom bureau drawer. He listened suspiciously, but the wind made so much noise again that he couldn’t tell whether the dogs were laughing or not. After a minute he said: “Darned mice! I don’t know why I put up with them.”

“Well,” said Robert, “if you will try to pretend that you know about things when you don’t, you must expect to be made fun of. The bank’s a good idea, though. We might find out from Mr. Webb how to run it.”

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