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244 Fox! And he said 'Now open your mouth!' And he shook, and shook! And he shook out the youngest little Fox, and all the Apples, and all the Bread!

"And then Bruno stood the little Foxes up against the wall: and he made them a little speech. 'Now, little Foxes, you've begun very wickedlyand you'll have to be punished. First you'll go up to the nursery, and wash your faces, and put on clean pinafores. Then you'll hear the bell ring for supper. Then you'll come down: and you won't have any supper: but you'll have a good whipping! Then you'll go to bed. Then in the morning you'll hear the bell ring for breakfast. But you won't have any breakfast! You'll have a good whipping! Then you'll have your lessons. And, perhaps, if you're very good, when dinner-time comes, you'll have a little dinner, and no more whipping! ("How very kind he was!" I whispered to Bruno. "Middling kind," Bruno corrected me gravely.)

"So the little Foxes ran up to the nursery. And soon Bruno went into the hall, and rang the big bell. 'Tingle, tingle, tingle! Supper,