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HE sun had scarcely got his nightcap off, the next morning, before Cheery and The Chum popped out of the hall door and crowded their small heads together over the mouse-cage.

"We ought to name them," said Cheery.

"Why, I thought they were named," said The Chum. "Don't you like the names you called them yesterday?"

"What did I call them?" asked Cheery in surprise.

"You called them Mr. Mouse and Brother, when you told me about the cheese, didn't you?"

"Did I?" exclaimed Cheery. "I didn't notice,—I just had to call them something, so as to tell you about it; but those make