Mousie Cavendish said she found her ugliness more powerful than other women's beauty.
And Marni would scimper scamper like a mousie until she reached the breakfast table.
Then the two boys would chase Marni to the breakfast table saying: "Marni Mitchell, Marni Moo, Run like a mousie Or I'll catch you.
Mousie looked around, as if in search of some crumbs.
Out came mousie quite boldly, and, finding some crumbs under the table, nibbled at them in great haste.
She had her nose at that crack a full hour aftermousie had escaped.
I can't call you Mousieany more, only for the sake of old times.
He smiled down at her with his superior fifteen-year-old smile, she was such a weemousie and always needed taking care of.
Her mother said she was noisier than she used to be; perhaps he would not call her Mousie now if he could hear her sing about the house and run up and down stairs and shout when she played games at school.
They sang about the mousie who had a rubber nose, and every time he blew it he bounced on his tiptoes.
But Curly Tail just stuck the push pole down the alligator's throat, and that made the 'gator so angry that he lashed out with his tail, made a big wave, and that washed the boat and the piggie boy and the mousie girl safely up on shore.
I can't tell you how thankful I am to you," said the mousie girl to the piggie boys.
And pretty soon it was dark, and then the piggies came out and the mousie girl showed them the way home, and the alligator man did not get them.
Why, it's a little mousie girl," exclaimed Curly Tail out loud.
How can a little mousie girl like you help us two big boys?
So the mousie girl, whose name was Edna, did as Curly Tail told her.
So, you see, the mousie helped the piggie boys after all.
Then he got a pole to shove himself and the mousie girl across the river, and they both got on the boat.
They looked, and there, in front of a sort of cave, that was made in one of the upright piles of corn, stood the little mousie girl who had been pinched by the stone on her tail.
Mousie really did it, though he did not mean to; and this is the way it happened: Mousie crept through a little hole into a nice, cosy room.
Mousie reached his nest in safety; and very likely he told his wife that the world was burning up.
Erect on her haunches, her head in the air; That Pussy might catch her she seemed not to care, But sang till her sweet serenade was quite done; Then ran away swiftly as mousiecould run.
Well, the next morning when the little rabbits woke up the sun was shining brightly through their bedroom window and Mrs. Mousie was singing a song down in the kitchen below as she made hot muffins for breakfast.
And of course Mrs. Mousie didn't care, so the rooster got in and sat on the back seat with Mrs. Mousie.
So she put on her old gray bonnet with a bit of ribbon on it, and tied the strings under her chin, and put on her black silk mitts and her gold locket breastpin with the picture of Mr. Mousie inside.
In one bag was sugar-coated carrots for Billy Bunny, and another bag was full of candied carrots for Uncle Lucky, and in the bag he gave to Mrs. Mousie were two little chocolate mice.
And after that they both hopped downstairs, and as soon as Mrs. Mousie heard them she brought in the bread and honey and the hot muffins and they all had breakfast.
Because we are too poor," answered the mousie girl.
Yes, but there is no fire in my house," said the poor little mousie girl, "and there is nothing to eat.
Yes," said Jacko, and just then, as they turned around a corner they saw a poor little mousie girl.
Oh, I'm so cold and miserable and hungry," said themousie girl, wiping away her tears.
So that's how Jacko saved the little mousie girl, and there were still plenty of things left with which to make the cake.
And the littlemousie girl wasn't cold or hungry any more.
I will," said Jacko bravely, so he ran to where he could hear the mousie scurrying around in the trap, which was in a room upstairs in the house of the fox.
Mamma', did you see the kitty catch the little mousie in the barn?
I saw her pretty black eyes glow, and soon she caught the mousie in her paws.
Aunt Peggy," she inquired gravely, "did you ever see a mousie with an umbrella?
This made Miss Mousie happy again, and she took the Cakes.
Mousie went in first, and the Clod rolled in afterwards; but no sooner had the poor Clod rolled into the river, than what was Miss Mousie's horror to see her melt away in the water, and disappear.
Mousie was charmed with her Kid and led it off to the music-shop, where she had to pay a bill.
Mousie and the Wood went off to buy some sweets at the Confectioner's.
The women gave her a nice Girl, and Mousie took the Girl home.
Mousie finished the sweets, and when she turned round to look for her Wood, lo and behold it was gone.
While Mousie was eating the sweets, the Confectioner's wife burnt the Wood in the fire.
Mousie did not like the Drum so well as her Kid; but needs must, and she picked out a drum, and went away with it on her shoulder.
Mousie looked round, and wanted to know where her Kid was?
Mousie was now friendless again, and loudly complained to the River that he had stolen away her favourite Clod.
Mousie was grateful for this kindness on the part of the Post.
Who is it that sits next the wall But Lady Mousie both slim and small?
Puddock, Mousie, and Ratton There lived a Puddock in a well, And a merry Mousie in a mill.
My wife, Merton, and tender-hearted Mousie were at the head of the lane watching for me.
Mousie had added grace to the banquet with her blooming plants and dried grasses; and, although the dishes had been set on the table by my wife's and children's hands, they were daintily ornamented and inviting.
Winnie and Bobsey even began to cry with fear, while Mousie was pale and trembling.
Winnie and Bobsey were to pick in another part of the field, Mousie aiding until the sun grew too warm for the delicate child.
Taking Mousie on my lap, and chafing her hands, I answered questions and enjoyed to the full the exclamations of pleasure.
Mousie came running to us, holding in her hand, which trembled from excitement, a little bunch of liverworts and anemones.
Mousie sometimes aided her mother, and again watched us from the window with great interest.
Mousie kept close to my side, and even Bobsey clung to his mother's hand.
Mousie also retired with a wistful look upon her face, for she saw that something of grave importance occupied my mind.
Soon his cries ceased, and tender-hearted Mousie stole after him.
You drive her and Mousie down, and at the drug-store get two pounds of white hellebore, also a pound of Paris green, for I find that the potato bugs are getting too thick to be managed by hand.
Mousie looked after us wistfully, but her mother soon found light tasks for her, and she too felt that she was helping.
As soon as it gets cooler," said my wife, "Mousie and I are going to pick, also.
Winifred looked after the transfers from the kitchen at critical moments, while Mousie and Winnie were our waitresses.
Poor little mousie was nearly dragged down too, only she just managed to scramble onto the table again, whence she leaped down to the ground.
After a while mousie felt her strength giving way, so she ran a little sideways along the wall, jumped down, and scampered through the open door along the passage.
Their dramatic tendency should be given full rein in impersonating the soft movements of the kitty andmousie before the chase begins.
Kitty White so slyly comes, To catch theMousie Gray; But mousie hears her softly creep; And quickly runs away.
Meanwhile Kitty White is creeping around outside of the circle, peeping in at little Mousie Gray.
When the mousie is caught, both return to the circle, and another mouse and kitty are chosen.
They had not long to wait; the bread was too sweet a morsel for mousie to resist, and they soon had the great pleasure of seeing her first nibble a little, and finally drag it into the hole.
Lillie threw gently a little piece of bread, but terrified little mousie thought it was surely intended to kill her, and flew back to her stronghold in the closet.
And so they did, until mousie grew so tame and so wise she seemed to know the dinner hour as well as they, and would come nearer and nearer, and run in and out under the table picking up the crumbs; but she was ever a little distrustful.
The next day, and the next passed, and no mousiecame at the usual hour.
But by degrees Mousiegrew thinner and thinner, because Grimalkin always had his dinner; and soon he was nothing but skin and bone.
So next day, when the Farmer gave Mousie his dinner, Mousie carried it off to the black Cat, and the black Cat spat and swore and ate it up, and away ran Mousie trembling.
And then Mousie crept out of the inkstand, and crawled up through Grimalkin's throat, and went back to his hole again.
So one day, as the Farmer went by the hole, Mousie ran out with a golden sovereign in his mouth, and dropped it at the Farmer's feet.
So he took this piece of glass and put Mousie inside it, and turned it upside down upon the ground in front of Mousie's hole.
Jollie in the soft grass, and away the mousie scampered to where he saw Bawly hiding.
When the teeth bit little mousie, Mousie cried out, "Oh!
In the barn a little mousie Ran to and fro, For she heard the little Kitty, Long time ago.
But Kitty thought it precious fun To see the panting Mousie run, And when it almost got away Her furry paw upon its back would lay.
Then the Mock-Turtle crawled away and the bunny and mousie girl had a fine time together.
Mousie was put into it; and he soon began to make the wire-wheel go round.
Ida took good care of mousie till warm weather came, and it was time to go into the country for the summer.
Mousie was very quiet at first; but soon he peeped out, and, seeing nothing to hinder, he ran away as fast as his little legs could carry him.
Ida brought the cage; and mamma and grandma made mousie run into it.
But after a day or two, as grandma was going up stairs, she saw little mousie hopping up ahead of her.
Illustration] One day mousiemanaged to get his door open and scamper off.
Then Ida cried and cried, and was afraid her dear mousie would starve.
Instead of screaming and running away, Ida clapped her fat little hand over the mouth of the bottle, and mousie was a prisoner.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mousie" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
