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| | Frisk's First Rat |
 | | The bargain was made, and Rosy hurried home with her new acquisition, which, after being displayed to the whole household, was put to bed in an old basket and became a household institution. |
 | | Frisk, for so he was named, in a few months had vastly increased in size and had explored the cellar, closets, house, and garden; had caught several mice but had not yet arrived at the height of his ambition--this was to catch a rat. |
 | | But he watched his chance, and one evening when Patsy, the maid, went up to the garret to deposit some plunder, of which it was a time honored receptacle, he slipped in and hid 'til she went out. |
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