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“I’ll fasten my teeth right in your nose,” said Nibble, “the minute you poke it through my floor.”

“What good will that do?” sneered Ouphe. “You’ll hurt me almost as much as Chirp Sparrow. He pecked my ear, he did—the bold, bad bird! All the same, I ate him.”

“You didn’t!” sobbed Nibble. He just couldn’t believe it.

“Didn’t I just?” jeered Ouphe. “You can smell him on my whiskers when you bite me. Sparrow for supper and rabbit for breakfast. Mmn!” And he smacked his lips.

But Nibble almost forgot to be scared, he was so angry. He thumped his feet.

“Stop that!” snarled Ouphe. “Do you want the Dog to eat you?”

“Thump, Thump, THUMP!” went Nibble. He was bound to do whatever Ouphe didn’t want him to.

“Arrh!” cursed the bad Rat. Kerflip, kerflop, he jumped down and shuffled off to his haystack. Sure enough, there came the Dog, calling, “What’s the matter here?” And Nibble was too scared to answer.

“What’s the matter here?” repeated the Dog. He was standing in front of the cage wagging his long, plumy tail. But all Nibble could look at was the great teeth he showed when he smiled.