Chapter 21 - Page 2

snow-bound they managed to gather enough nuts and seeds to last them through any ordinary winter--if they didn't eat too heartily.

When the real winter finally descended upon Pleasant Valley it found the Deer Mouse cousins quite ready for it. And even if Dickie's relations did wake up now and then, when the weather wasn't too cold, they slept soundly enough at other times, so that they did not disturb him greatly.

Even the children, who had pushed and crowded when they first entered the front hall of the house--even they were surprisingly quiet, when they were asleep.