After a time Mr. John
Dormouse and his daughter
began to sell peppermints and
candles.
But they did not keep "self-
fitting sixes"; and it takes five
mice to carry one seven inch
candle.
The closing of the shop
caused great inconvenience.
Tabitha Twitchit immediately
raised the price of everything
a halfpenny; and she continued
to refuse to give credit.
Of course there are the
tradesmen's carts—the butcher,
the fishman and Timothy
Baker.
But a person cannot live on
"seed wigs" and sponge cake
and butter buns—not even
when the sponge cake is as
good as Timothy's!
And Miss Dormouse refused
to take back the ends when
they were brought back to her
with complaints.
And when Mr. John
Dormouse was complained to, he
stayed in bed, and would say
nothing but "very snug;"
which is not the way to carry
on a retail business.
Besides—the candles which
they sell behave very strangely
in warm weather.
So everybody was pleased
when Sally Henny Penny sent
out a printed poster to say
that she was going to reopen
the shop—"Henny's Opening
Sale! Grand cooperative Jumble!
Penny's penny prices!
Come buy, come try, come
buy!"
The poster really was most
'ticing.
There was a rush upon the
opening day. The shop was
crammed with customers,
and there were crowds of
mice upon the biscuit cannisters.
Sally Henny Penny gets
rather flustered when she tries
to count out change, and she
insists on being paid cash; but
she is quite harmless.
And she has laid in a
remarkable assortment of
bargains.
There is something to
please everybody.