clock-mouse

Updated: May 13, 2025

"Oh, now I remember you," said Uncle Wiggily. "And so you are a clock-mouse." "Yes, I ran up your clock, and then when the clock struck one, down I had to come. But I ran down so fast that I tripped over the pendulum. The clock reached down its hands and tried to catch me, but it had no eyes in its face to see me, so I slipped, anyhow, and I hurt my leg."

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

So Hickory Dickory Dock, with his sharp teeth, gnawed the grape vine, and, in a little while, Uncle Wiggily was loose and all right again. "Thank you," said the bunny uncle to the clock-mouse, as he hopped off, and Hickory Dickory Dock went with him, for his leg was all better now. "Thank you very much, nice little clock-mouse."

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

"Who are you?" asked the bunny uncle. "I am Hickory Dickory Dock, the mouse," was the answer. "And I am a clock-mouse." "A clock-mouse!" exclaimed Uncle Wiggily, in surprise. "I never heard of such a thing." "Oh, don't you remember me? I'm in Mother Goose's book. This is how it goes: "'Hickory Dickory Dock, The mouse ran up the clock. The clock struck one, And down he come, Hickory Dickory Dock!"

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

"Who are you?" asked the rabbit gentleman, moving a piece of the grape vine away from his nose, so he could speak plainly. "I am Hickory Dickory Dock, the clock-mouse," was the answer, "and with my sharp teeth I will gnaw the grape vine in many pieces so you will be free." "That will be very kind of you," said Uncle Wiggily, who was quite tired out with his struggles to get loose.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

It was about a week after this that Uncle Wiggily went walking through the woods on his way to see Grandfather Goosey Gander. And just before he reached his friend's house he met Mother Goose. "Oh, Uncle Wiggily," she said, swinging her cobweb broom up and down, "I want to thank you for being so kind to Hickory Dickory Dock, the clock-mouse."

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

"Thank you," spoke Hickory Dickory Dock, the clock-mouse. "You have been very kind to me, and some day, I hope, I may do you a favor. If I can I will." "Thank you," Uncle Wiggily said. Then Hickory Dickory Dock limped away, but in a few days he was better, and he could run up more clocks, and run down when they struck one.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," said Uncle Wiggily. "Perhaps I can fix it for you. Nurse Jane, bring me some salve for Hickory Dickory Dock, the clock-mouse," he called. The muskrat lady brought some salve, and, with a rag, Uncle Wiggily bound up the leg of the clock-mouse so it did not hurt so much. "And I'll lend you a piece of my old crutch, so you can hobble along on it," said Uncle Wiggily.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters

So everything came out all right, and in the next chapter, if the apple pie doesn't turn a somersault and crack its crust so the juice runs out, I'll tell you about Uncle Wiggily and the clock-mouse. Uncle Wiggily Longears, the nice old rabbit gentleman, sat in an easy chair in his hollow-stump bungalow.

Howard Roger Garis - Uncle Wiggily and Old Mother Hubbard : Adventures of the Rabbit Gentleman with the Mother Goose Characters