Then Bubi and Perez the Mouse again began their scamper with such a quantity of precautions that the King was astonished.
Mrs. Mouse was embroidering a beautiful
smoking cap for her husband
In front of them went a regiment of ferocious mice, soldiers whose bayonets made of fine needles gleamed in the darkness. Behind them came a second regiment, also armed to the teeth.
Perez the Mouse then confessed that he would not have undertaken this expedition without these soldiers to protect the person of the young monarch.
All of a sudden King Bubi saw the guard in front had disappeared down a little hole, through which came a faint light.
