Adolphus studying for Diplomacy
His Majesty listened to all this with his mouth open, from time to time he put out his hand to try and catch Perez by the tail. *But each time the mouse gave a sort of whisk and placed his tail out of reach, without being in the least rude.
Adelaide made Tea
It was getting late, and the King forgot to dismiss him; so Mr. Mouse cleverly hinted that he had
to go that same night to a street not far off to fetch the tooth of a very poor little boy called Giles. It was rather a difficult, dangerous journey, because near there lived a very wicked cat called Don Pedro. The King at once wanted to go too, and begged Perez to take him. The mouse stood thinking it over and twisting his whiskers; the responsibility was very great, and moreover he was obliged to go back to his own house to fetch the present for little Giles.
