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There once was a mouse called 

Charlie who lived with his mummy, 

daddy and seventeen brothers and 

sisters in the garden of a big 

house.

Charlie was scared of everything, 

even his shadow sometimes made 

him jump. His brothers and sisters 

used to tease Charlie and play 

tricks on him, hiding and jumping 

out shouting "BOO!"

"D-D-Didn't s-s-scare m-me" said 

Charlie, trying to be brave. But he 

was scared.

One day Charlie and Freddie, the 

youngest of his brothers, went to the 

berry bush to get some blueberries for 

supper. Freddie was running ahead 

shouting "come on slow coach, catch 

up", "slow down" said Charlie " we have 

to stay together". Freddie ran around 

the corner and out of sight.

As Charlie turned the corner he was 

waiting for Freddie to jump out on him 

to make him jump but Freddie was 

nowhere to be seen. "Freddie", shouted 

Charlie, "Where are you". "stop being 

silly, I know you're in the bushes", but 

Freddie didn't answer. As the bushes 

rustled behind Charlie, he turned around 

ready to tell Freddie off for hiding but 

what he saw froze him with fear.

"Does this belong to you", said 

Lola. Lola was a giant black cat 

with green eyes, long teeth and 

sharp claws. She was holding 

Freddie by the tail, swinging him 

from side to side."y-y-y-yes gulped 

Charlie "h-h-he's my b-b-baby 

brother". "please let him go".

"why should I", said Lola. "I'm lonely 

living in the house on my own, I may 

keep him as my pet". 

Charlie thought very quickly " you don't 

want to keep him as a pet" "he's nothing 

but trouble, and he smells". "Is that so", 

said Lola, sniffing Freddie, "He smells OK 

to me".

"If you let Freddie go, I will come 

and live with you", said Charlie 

bravely. Freddie couldn't believe 

what his brother had said, but was 

so scared he couldn't say a word.

"Ok" said Lola, and quick as a flash 

she dropped Freddie and scooped 

Charlie up into her paws." whats 

your name little mouse?" she 

asked. "Ch-ch-Charlie", stammered 

Charlie, "Ch-Charlie Mouse". As 

Lola darted off towards the house, 

Freddie ran home, crying.

As Lola carried Charlie towards the house, 

it got bigger and bigger. 

Charlie had never seen anything as big in 

his whole life and he has never been as 

far from his home and family. I hope 

Freddie got home safely he thought to 

himself. "How do you get inside?" asked 

Charlie."I have my own door" said Lola 

"Its called a cat flap". And with that she 

pushed her head through and entered the 

house.

"This is my home" said Lola. "Welcome". 

"Its very big" said Charlie. He looked 

around, and saw some fish in a big glass 

bowl swimming in circles. "Are they your 

pets too?" he asked. "No" said Lola. " 

They belong to the humans". "What are 

humans?" said Charlie. "They are my two 

legged slaves that feed me and look 

after me" purred Lola. "I've seen them in 

the garden" said Charlie, "they are 

scary". 

Lola put Charlie down onto the 

floor next to her bowl and began to 

drink some water. "You'll like it 

here, Charlie mouse" she said "its 

very...

As she turned around to look at 

Charlie he was gone!

 He had waited until Lola wasn't 

looking and darted off under the 

fridge freezer, around the outside of 

the lounge and behind the TV.

"Charlie Mouse, you come back here 

right away", meowed Lola.

Charlie sat silently behind the big grey 

TV, hardly breathing trying not to 

shake.

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