cheese-nibblers

Updated: May 26, 2025

The mice, which lived in the old cigar-box not white mice, nor those furry little sleepers given to hiding away in nooks and corners for elongated naps, but the regular grey cheese-nibblers next, after a good deal of scratching, took Dexter's attention.

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