So, Raggedy Ann said to the tiny little mouse, "You should have known better than to come here when Boots is with us. Why don't you go out in the barn and live where you will not destroy anything of value?"
"I did not know!" squeaked the little mouse, "This is the first time I have ever been here!"
"Aren't you the little mouse who nibbled Jeanette's wax face?" Raggedy Ann asked.
"No!" the little mouse answered. "I was visiting the mice inside the walls and wandered out here to pick up cake crumbs! I have three little baby mice at home down in the barn. I have never nibbled at anyone's wax face!"
"Are you a Mamma mouse?" Uncle Clem asked.
"Yes!" the little mouse squeaked, "and if the kitten will let me go I will run right home to my children and never return again!"
"Let her go, Boots!" the dolls all cried, "She has three little baby mice at home! Please let her go!"
"No, sir!" Boots growled, "This is the first mouse I have ever caught and I will eat her!" At this the little Mamma mouse began squeaking louder than ever.
"If you do not let the Mamma mouse go, Boots, I shall not play with you again!" said Raggedy Ann.
"Raggedy will not play with Boots again!" said all of the dolls in an awed tone. Not to have Raggedy play with them would have been sad, indeed.