Mouse Soup (6 page)

He lit the fire, he ate his supper, and he finished reading his book.

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Credits

Cover art © 1977 by Arnold Lobel

Copyright

MOUSE SOUP. Copyright © 1977 by Arnold Lobel. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.

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• Cover Image
  
• Title Page
  
• Contents
  
  • Begin Reading
    
  • The Stories for the Soup
    
    • Bees and the Mud
      
    • Two Large Stones
      
    • The Crickets
      
    • The Thorn Bush
      
  • About I Can Read Books
    
  • Credits
    
  • Copyright Notice
    
  • About the Publisher