Well, there isn’t any more about Peterkin, Jack, Hallet, and Goliah. They came into the story only because they lived in Baby Mitchell’s house—no, Baby Mitchell lived in their house a little while, and they didn’t eat him up, although they were such near neighbors.
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LITTLE MITCHELL STARTS OUT TO SEE THE WORLD
It was soon time for Little Mitchell’s lady to go back to her home in Boston.
“What are you going to do with that little squirrel?” asked her friend the gentleman in whose house she stayed.
“I shall try to take him with me,” said she.
“Of course you will,” said her friend the gentleman’s wife. She knew how it is about kittens, you see, and how you get attached to them and do not like to give them away to other people who may not always remember to take good care of them.