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 I will tell you: in the handle of an old dust-pan which had been carelessly left in the yard. She was so small she could get into almost any place; so when she found this little hollow, in she crawled, head first.

She waited and waited to be found, hearing the shouts of laughter as one after another called. "In free!"

At last all but Topsy were in. Where, oh where, was she? They looked and looked, and finally even her own side joined in the search, but in vain.

At first she chuckled over it, but when she didn't get found, and they were all tired of seeking she tried to crawl out. But she found to her horror she could not budge! Her dress was caught