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Sarah and Silas tiptoed quietly as they followed Silly under the porch of the BIG HOUSE.
Everything was very still and there was a faint smell of roses in the damp night air.
And a trace of something else...."What is that smell?" Sarah thought to herself as she
trudged up the steep flight of stairs and through the tiny opening beside the porch. A faint rustling in the dark made Sarah catch her breath sharply and she stopped suddenly ( causing Silas to walk right into her back). Silly  , who
had hurried on ahead, spoke softly out of the gloom. "Now then! Here we are...home at last. Millie,
I'd like you to meet Silas and Sarah".A faint light appeared out of the gloom, and Sarah and Silas could see the outline of a pretty lady mouse, impatiently tapping her foot. A soft, melodic, slightly worried voice spoke out of the stillness. 
"There you are at last. I was beginning to worry about you. The babies have been in bed
for ages....but I thought I heard That Cat earlier. I'm glad you're home. Now, who have you brought
to visit?" Sarah realized that the smell she couldn't quite place was just that: a CAT! She shivered. Millie Mouse stepped forward and put her hand on Sarah's shoulder. "Don't worry; That Cat stays outside most of the time and the elves make sure it doesn't hurt the fairies or chase the babies. Come along and meet the babies". There inside the brightly furnished mouse hole was a matchbox crib, with two of the cutest baby mice Sarah and Silas had ever seen.  
AND, to their great surprise and dismay, sleeping soundly on an acorn chair beside the crib, with feet outstretched, was an elderly Gnome.  Back to Chapter 3 .....
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