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The Hiccup Mousespacer

Once there was a little mouse named

Lucy. She lived in the meadow with her

mother and father, and her little brother

Harvey. She and Harvey got along very

well. They played in the fields, went

swimming in the summer, climbed trees,

and even had tea parties together.

Lucy thought that Harvey was just about

the most perfect brother she could have,

except for one thingher had a way of

sneaking up on her when she just wasn't

expecting it. Why only this morning he

had startled her so badly that she had

spilled her juice all over the table.

Mother had been upset and so had she.

In fact, she had been so upset it had given her hiccups

and now she couldn't get rid of them!

She had tried drinking water, and holding her breath but

the Hiccups just wouldn't go away. No matter how hard

she tried to get rid of them every few seconds a giant

HIC-CUP would burst out of her little self. Maybe my

friends will know what to do, she thought.

First she went to Skunk's house.

"Hello -HIC- Skunk" she said. "Hello.

How are you today?" Skunk replied.

"I'm -HIC- fine" said Lucy "but -HIC-

I have -HIC- the hiccups -HIC- and I

can't get -HIC- rid of them!" " I

noticed" said Skunk "Perhaps if you

stand on your head the Hiccups will

fall out" she suggested. "That's what

I always do and it works great for

me. Toodle Loo!" and she dashed off without another

word.

So Lucy stood on her head and waited for a very long

time. It was very difficult because with every Hiccup she

would lose her balance and have to start all over again.

While she was doing this Frog hopped up.

"What are you doing Lucy?" he

asked. Lucy started to tell him but

suddenly a really huge Hiccup

came out, and Frog said "Oh my, it

seems standing on your head has

given you the Hiccups. You should try hopping on one

foot while patting your tummy" he offered helpfully.

"Thank -HIC- you" she said, but when she looked up

Frog had already hopped off towards the pond.

Hopping on one foot and patting

her tummy sounded silly to Lucy

but the Hiccups were getting worse

and she was willing to try anything

if it would make them go away. But

no matter how hard she hopped

and patted, the Hiccups wouldn't

go away.

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"Oh no!" she said as she began to

walk home. "Perhaps I will have

Hiccups for the rest of my life. I will

be known as the Hiccup Mouse.

Maybe I will never be able to go

into the library again, the Librarian

will surely tell me I am too noisy to

be there! And I can forget about

ever playing Hide-n-Seek, because

everyone will find me!" By now, she was so busy feeling

miserable that she hardly noticed where she was going.

Just then Harvey jumped out of

the berry bushes beside the path

holding a large, juicy berry. "Lucy

look what I found!" he

exclaimed. But Lucy was tired of

being surprised by her little brother and she'd had

enough. "Harvey, how many times have I told you

not to" she started to say. Then she stopped and a

huge smile spread across her face.

She realized that her Hiccups were gone!

Harvey had surprised her so much that

the Hiccups had disappeared. "Oh,

Harvey" she said and then she threw her

arms around him and gave him a gigantic

hug. "Thank you! You cured me of those

horrible Hiccups!" she cried. Then she

and Harvey went off to share that

delicious berry.

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