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mouse

a device used to move a pointer around a COMPUTER screen.

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"I have no heart, you know, so I am careful to help all those who may need a friend, even if it happens to be only a mouse."

"Only a mouse!" cried the little animal, indignantly.

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'Ah, here you are again!' said the Mouse; 'you must certainly have had an enjoyable day.'

'Topoff!' echoed the Mouse, 'it is indeed a wonderful and curious name.

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THIS is the Mouse peeping out behind the cupboard, and making fun of Miss Moppet.

THIS is Miss Moppet jumping just too late; she misses the Mouse and hits her own head.

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She said to the mouse: 'You must do me a favour, and once more manage the house for a day alone.

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`Would it be of any use, now,' thought Alice, `to speak to this mouse? Everything is so out-of-the-way down here, that I should think very likely it can talk: at any rate, there's no harm in trying.' So she began: `O Mouse, do you know the way out of this pool?

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"Good day, your Majesty, said Nick, politely addressing the mouse; "I trust you are enjoying good health?"

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This proposal met with general applause, until an old mouse got up and said: "That is all very well, but who is to bell the Cat?" The mice looked at one another and nobody spoke.

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And the Mouse mounted at once, putting his paws upon the other's sleek neck and vaulting nimbly.

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"It is dreadfully cold," said the Mouse. "But for that, it would be delightful here, old Fir, wouldn't it?"