I prayed that the mice hadn’t invaded the feed bin. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Did you see that, Mr. Daw son? I think you've got mice.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teresa, the oldest, came first; crowding close behind her was Martin, the biggest, a strong, quick mouse, dark-haired and handsome like his poor father. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the angel was equal to that: he became a mouse and crept into Will’s shirt as if he were shy. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“A tiny creature, inside of the dead. What, like a mouse?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“After all, he does look a good deal like a mouse,” said Mr. Little to his wife. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“But it’s a dragon,” the cub said, “not a people. He doesn’t count for the rules, does he? Besides, he is funny! Big dragon trying to tiptoe like a mouse! ” Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at them a minute, wondering how a person got attached to mouse bones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mice were numerous and so were the kestrels. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mice came with instructions to feed them bread and milk. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

"A little mouse", I said, "can go scuttling round the kitchen among the pots and pans, and if he's very careful no one will ever see him." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Who but this mouse would want to sleep on dollar bills?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

For Kelly J., I would also put out traps for mice, and catch fish for food. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Gripping the fish in her strong jaws, she followed the two mice to the Abbey kitchen and delivered the catch for them. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It looked like a mouse creeping around an elephant, and I grinned when the statue kicked it so hard it flew into the sky and disappeared. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

When I sit down, it sounds like dozens of mice are dying an ugly death. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first mice had built the Abbey of red sandstone quarried from pits many miles away in the north-east. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sometimes felt that she looked at him the way a cat regards a mouse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The mice were there all right, two of them, running around near The Grand High Witch's skirts. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Young otters collected watercress and fished; Cornflower headed a party of mice to reap the early cereal crops; more youngsters tended the salad gardens. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sayle had dived forward, determined to click on the mouse himself. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

And six tiny kittens, not much bigger than the mice Calamity was such a calamity at catching. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Uncle Vernon made another funny noise, like a mouse being trodden on. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

We’ll teach these little mice to be as clean as pins—and to do tricks. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What did you say, mouse, about another warren? Where is there going to be another warren?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most alarming of all, he showed no interest in the things a mouse should show interest in. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The moon shone in the rocking horse’s eye, and in the mouse’s eye, too, when Tolly fetched it out from under his pillow to see. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

They take care of the Army’s guard dogs, as well as Army horses, Army cows, Army sheep, Army pigs, Army mules, Army rabbits, Army mice, and Army monkeys. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The live mouse and a rat or two scrambled out into the cold night with us as Pink flew off in his direction and me in mine. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

The mice of Redwall were peaceful creatures, but that must not be taken as a sign of weakness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I said to the white mouse: “You’d better hold on to me. That might happen again.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She told me she had several mice at home as pets. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The mouse’s name was Tucker, and he was sitting in the opening of an abandoned drain pipe in the subway station at Times Square. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither had noticed the mouse clinging to Brad’s jeans. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The baboons devoured beetles, grubs, maggots, grasshoppers, mice, and even scorpions. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You and your mouse. Mind you, we’d have found the place ourselves sooner or later, but not as soon as this.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dunwing sat down and tried to reason with the angry young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Everything dies, all around, trees, plankton, lichens, mice, whales, flies, mitochondria. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘When my fingers caught ’old of that nasty soggy stinkin’ dead mouse . Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Field mice stumbled out toward the cool safety of the riverbank. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I didn’t really care what her name was—the thing that seemed worth explaining to me was the mouse ears. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

The marmalade cat spat the young mouse out upon the barn floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Shown up by the simple tactics of woodland creatures and mice! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“There are plenty of mice around this place — go and chase them. Go on,” he added, nudging Crookshanks down the spiral staircase with his foot. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

One time, Fred saw a pair of mice in the kitchen. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

I doubted very much that he was about to be turned into a mouse, although I must confess that I was secretly hoping it might happen. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

From that day until the day I left home, I lived like a mouse in that house. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“King Bull Sparra spare mouse. How you like him for pet, my niece? Mouse, you obey my sister and her eggchick, funny, ha?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was lucky that Aunt Petunia didn’t come in to vacuum anymore, because Hedwig kept bringing back dead mice. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

All the time she was holding Pantalaimon in her pocket with a trembling hand, and he was keeping as still as he could, in the smallest mouse form he had ever assumed. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, he was so incredibly small that he weighed about half of what the average mouse weighs: two ounces. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Lanterns held high, the two mice advanced through the doorway. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were the very same stairs, reader, that the mouse Despereaux had been pushed down the day before. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The mouse got to his feet and began the long climb down from the shelf. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

James dropped into a chair and shook the mouse to wake up the computer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But a computer mouse multiplies as either mice or mouses. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

And how the mouse had squealed when one of Euron’s mutes delivered him aboard the Iron Victory, dragging him along by the convenient chain about his neck. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

"My darling," she said at last, "are you sure you don't mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But as it was a personal choice between learning cudgel and wrestling from Constance or quarter staff from Matthias, to a mouse they had opted for the latter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A million colored dust-motes danced and swirled as the two mice trod the ancient stone floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"I think you are forgetting that a mouse can go places where human beings can't." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Only now when I sit in the back seat I have to cover the parts that say a little mouse has been here because I am the only Mouse in the family. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what a Conversat is but I’m relieved to be going to the building, where there are mice and snakes and experiments and no girls. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

For some reason—perhaps because they were smaller—the mice were kept in cages-within-a-cage. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Is a good a for get about, you know?” said the mouse in a familiar tone which made Bigwig shake his ears with irritation. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny spoke as if nothing had occurred, “You, Abbot mouse, you have until tomorrow evening to give me your answer.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He saw that the floor of the dungeon was littered with tufts of fur, knots of red thread, and the skeletons of mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The young mouse knew that he had been born for this moment, his grip causing the tremor of the steel to run through his entire body. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“If all us old folks stayed around, we’d soon fill the world up, like mice.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We,” said the bigger of the two mice, “will escort you to the dungeon. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"You've never had a mouse in your trousers! You don't know what it feels like!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Suppose we took that part out, then it would read, ‘I, two mice within Redwall.’ Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now there was a young mouse with a head on his shoulders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

An elephant, a dog, a cat, and a mouse grinned at me on-screen. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Beneath that mass of pale grey stone, the encircling army of Lord Stannis Baratheon looked as small and insignificant as mice with banners. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Because the truth is, he couldn’t stand the thought of hurting anything, even a mouse. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Most people would assume that if a child intended to cheat, then surely she would call as little attention to herself as possible, would be as quiet as a mouse and as plain as wallpaper. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Before the cat or the mouse could say anything to stop him, he hopped over to the newsstand. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quiet as mice, thought Ralph, as heads bent over spelling words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Come on down, mouse, Cluny the Scourge is waiting for you,” he cried. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I yelped, and stomped the ground, which sent a few more mice running. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Diligent mice tended the neat little vegetable patches which every season gave forth an abundance of fresh produce: cabbages, sprouts, marrows, turnips, peas, carrots, tomatoes, lettuces and onions, all in their turn. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He thought Tucker was a very excitable person—even for a mouse. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Click on the mouse and all the computers will come on-line.” Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

For the Coast Guard, the Rum War was less a game of cat and mouse and more a case of a needle in a haystack. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ralph knew there were not really a million mice in the inn, although he had to admit that in wintertime the mouseholes were crowded, because his rough outdoor relatives moved inside to keep warm. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Stooping slightly, he stared into the young mouse’s bright eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Cats were for keeping Jordan College clear of mice, not for making pets of. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning to Matthias, the old mouse continued, “Yes, most interesting. These thirteen small circles with smiling faces. What do you make of them?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now, fattened up on mice and wearing a thicker coat of fur, he was content to play outdoors most days. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

‘A knight in shining armor? What does a mouse know of such things?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

One tiny mouse an invader overrunning the whole school all by himself? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, warrior mouse. What do you think of your brave Redwall defenders now? Huh, not much, I imagine! I’m going to let you stay up there and witness some drastic changes.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

By golly, I thought, what marvellous things a mouse can do! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He just stands there eating Doritos and studying us like we are lab mice. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

"Ha' you any rats, mice, polecats, or weasels, or any old cows sick o' the measles?" The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

"Saw the witches turning him into a mouse," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

His whispers scurried across the lapping water like a line of mice on soft pink feet. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He had bred mice in his room—mostly undercover—to try to produce mice hybrids. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

This meant hat he must watch the front door like a cat watching a mouse’s hole; he dared not h ave his post for a moment. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

We had to keep all our food safe from rats and mice and cats, so the women wove grass baskets for storage. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

Liyana felt so tired and chilly she wished she could curl up like a mouse in a hole. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Well, Winn-Dixie saw that mouse, and he was up and after him. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Sir Charles sat in the front, half-turned around, and Will and Lyra sat in the back, with Pantalaimon a mouse now, soothed in Lyra’s hands. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, yes, I would,” she says, pulling one of the chocolate mice out of the bag by its licorice tail. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Come to me, little mouse. Let me wrap myself around you. I will give you the kiss of eternal sleep.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Going close to the mouse, he bent his head and spoke quietly and firmly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cornflower was a quiet young mouse, but undoubtedly very pretty. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t talk fool’s talk. D’you imagine a load of mice in funny robes could take me captive?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Because he was a mouse, Ralph found sleeping at night almost impossible. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

ATP is the universal currency of energy, and the metabolic cycles that produce it turn to the same purpose in birds and bacteria, in men and mice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The third hit the mouse, blowing it into fragments. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Brooks objected: A cabinet made “a good receptacle for dirt, mice too.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Then tonight we’ll dance the mouse dance, and tomorrow you can carve a mouse.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Upon entering, he was physically staggered by a powerful stench emanating from John Lawrence’s mouse cages. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Even a mouse who lives in the subway station in Times Square has to sleep sometimes. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have the people of this generation come down to hunting mice? They aren’t very strong, the new people, but I hardly thought mice would be game for them.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could also buy beef and live chickens there, as well as roasted mice, a popular snack in Zimbabwe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

They crept along under cover of the hedge towards the big dwelling of the mouse folk. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The only time his mother put her foot down was when dead mice were found stored in the icebox. Death on the River of Doubt 2017-01-03T00:00:00Z

The young mouse lay back gratefully in Dunwing’s nest and smiled reassuringly at them both. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

My heart contracted with fear as I considered that Claudius had discovered my hiding place and now would toy with me, as a cat does a mouse. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The hole in the wire grew slowly bigger, until the white mouse said: “I think that’s enough.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

He noticed the young mouse’s evident interest in his surroundings and quickly diverted his attention with a savage kick at the helpless figure. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Aww, but if there’s a mouse, it could be our Hideout pet!” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

‘You wouldn’t be bothered to go out and catch a mouse in the barn like other cats, would you?’ he said. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The car was empty apart from hay bales, dead mice, and bent nails. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

This mouse was his quarry, like a gull catching a herring or an owl catching a rabbit. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Eight years earlier—in 1943 — a group of researchers at the National Institutes of Health had proven such a thing was possible using mouse cells. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Osh told me how I stopped cawing and lay silent as a mouse when a hawk-shadow comes—I blinking up at him and he down at me—that morning when we first met. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

She called them winged mice, though for the life of me I cannot see any comparison between highly civilized mice and those primitive savages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was, alas, a mouse deeply in love. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You just lack perspective. The predator is always a monster to the prey. To the gazelle the lion is a demon. To a mouse, the eagle is evil incarnate.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

But being afraid of mice is a gendered expectation in many people’s minds. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

At intervals the young mouse drove spikes into the joints of the stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He couldn’t even help himself, you stupid mouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

A mouse had eaten through the insulation of a wire leading to the thermostat. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Sometimes I think you have a very old head for such a young mouse. What more do you wish to know about Martin the Warrior?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Seeing the look on Matthias’s face, he leaned across and murmured in his ear, “All work and no play makes Matthias a dull mouse. Cheer up, my son.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And Lennie said softly to the puppy, “Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice. I didn’t bounce you hard.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse could not meet the mother sparrow’s eyes. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As the bullet whizzed over its tiny whiskered head, shattering the toilet seat, the mouse took off—a squeaking gray blur that scooted out the doorway, between Curly’s feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nerves still tingling, he led the other two up the hall, half-expecting some new terror to reveal itself, but nothing moved except for a mouse skittering along the skirting board. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He had, like a good mouse, disappeared into a hole in the molding. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Do you know how many babies just one of these meadow mice have in a year?” he demanded. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Where were all the hedgehogs, porcupines, pangolins, mice, and wild pigs we had heard about? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux's brothers and sisters soon abandoned the thankless task of trying to educate him in the ways of being a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The other, older mice children gathered around to stare at Despereaux. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Once they were in the Botanic Garden, Pan ran away over the grass chasing a mouse toward the wall, and then let it go and sprang up into the huge pine tree nearby. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“What do you mean, ‘It’s only a mouse’ ?” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And—most remarkable— the attention came from all kinds of kids: shy mice and princesses, jocks and eggheads. Stargirl 2000-08-08T00:00:00Z

Dad is wrong—I am not a mouse. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I never new before that I was dumber than a mouse. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie stood up there in front of the whole church, wagging his tail and holding the mouse real careful in his mouth, holding onto him tight but not squishing him. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Best you stay away. She’s a nosy gossiper, that one. And the husband fancies himself some kind of educated intellectual. But he’s a mouse. Look at him. Doesn’t he look like a mouse?” A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Despereaux looked out into the crowd of mice and saw his mother. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s only a bit of fire! Get back up there, you blundering fools! Kill the mice!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Good work, mice, strengthen my gates. I wouldn’t want to rule a fortress with broken doors.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The fourth was Master Lockton, looking like a cat who had just swallowed the last bite of a juicy mouse. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They say the sun shines even on mouse holes.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

Anyway, what the scientists found out was that the rat or mouse would put up with a lot more voltage for the pleasure. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The general arrangements, though not the details, are familiar to us, though we’ve never seen so many mice in one place before and are awed by their numbers and stench. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Farewell” is not the word that you would like to hear from your mother as you are being led to the dungeon by two oversize mice in black hoods. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Plus, unlike plants and mice, it takes us decades to produce enough offspring to give scientists much meaningful data. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

But how could a mouse leave in winter when there was snow on the ground and wind howled? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I draw a little mouse so afraid of the world that he hides in the dark until he goes blind. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s brothers and sisters stepped back, away from the new mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cole felt the mouse squirming free, so quickly he brought his fist to his mouth. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Perhaps I would become a circus mouse after all. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As he talked about Mexico, his small, dark eyes lit up like a cat’s when it saw a mouse. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Out of warrens in the wall, tiny robot mice darted. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse wrinkled his nose in disgust. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But they saw nothing except a field mouse, which came out of its hole and began furricking in a patch of seeded grasses. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo rubbed his arm and stepped backward, accidentally crushing the windup mouse he had dropped. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Instantly three mice leaped out and burrowed frantically under the hay again. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slumping down beneath a damson tree, the young mouse munched away at his lunch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Neil caught fourteen mice, and scores of others escaped with missing limbs and tails. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

She was required to wear a ridiculous uniform and creep around the house as quietly as a mouse, lest she disturb the judge in his seemingly endless and sacrosanct deliberations. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The mouse feeder tells us that if you put a strange mouse into one of their cages, one with the wrong, alien scent, they will bite it to death. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I’ve hosted more than my share of raccoons, foxes, skunks, opossums, and mice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The spring on the trap had caught the mouse at the neck and nearly pulled his head loose. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

On her way to get the moss she saw one of her neighbors, a lady mouse named Janice who, like herself, had four children. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Turn your head,” he shouted and he killed the mouse. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

For example, rabbits were not domesticated for food until the Middle Ages, mice and rats for laboratory research not until the 20th century, and hamsters for pets not until the 1930s. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

They were as motionless as Lord Burleigh is said to have been at Queen Elizabeth’s councils, or as a sleek cat who faces the mouse- hole secretly—a presence, a concentration. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse mother, whose name was Antoinette, looked at her reflection and gasped aloud. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A smiling Chuck E. Cheese mouse stared at me from a printed coupon, offering me a two-dollar discount on any large pizza and a hundred tokens for twenty-five dollars. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Oh, spare me your platitudes, mouse,” Julian replied in a world-weary voice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At this house and how I can hear her upstairs because the house is a million years old and there’s no insulation between ceilings and floors, unless you count centuries-old mouse nests. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

In the spring, when Mr. Armstrong was interviewing a journalism school graduate for a job opening, a mouse ran over her foot, and she screamed. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Then he looked puzzled, took off his skull-cap—three mice fell out—and scratched in the middle of his bald head. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Birds were screaming, mice shrieking, and a little hopping thing came under the mat and cowered. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z

As the mice conversed, the moles hurled the last of the rubble from the ramparts, then set about brushing the stones clean. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Emerging from the hole, they carried the hedgehog in the rope sling across their backs, refusing any help from the badger or the mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"My mum's not very crazy about mice," Bruno said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He stopped just below me and pulled off the mouse head. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z

In the soft earth of a bean, potato, black-eyed pea and asparagus patch there is plenty of food left over for mice after the human crop has been gathered. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The Abbot put his paw around the young mouse’s shoulder, sensing his secret yearnings, for he had ruled Redwall wisely over a great number of years and gained much experience of mouselife. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He found one beside a rotting log and drew in the thick scents of a colony of field mice. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of mice,” said Mr. Fitzgibbon, who had driven to town that afternoon, “there was quite a stir today at Henderson’s hardware store.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I remember the old Zoology Building where we used to go on Saturdays, the creaking, overheated corridors, the bottles of eyeballs, the comforting smells of formaldehyde and mice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

This happens a lot in our house because it’s an old hunting lodge and there’s no way to control where the mice die, and no way to get them out once they do. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

In contrast, mice inoculated with the rough strain mounted an immune response and survived. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

The mouse’s life now merged with his own. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I read them the story about a kitten who decided to adopt a basket of mice. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the Iliad he is called “the Sminthian,” the Mouse-god, but whether because he protected mice or destroyed them no one knows. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had seen Pearl watching Trip for months, like a mouse watching a cat, longing to be eaten. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

But I’d tell them at mice, loud enough for others standing about to hear me, that I had nothing on me, and I didn’t want to get anything planted on me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though they were nice, my immigrant neighbors could see no connection between their personal habits and the armies of mice and roaches aggressively occupying the building. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Again the mouse warrior armed with his ancient sword returned to haunt Cluny’s fevered dreams. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Coming from a farming family where everyone, including the women, worked beside the men in the fields, we were not afraid of mice or frogs. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer grinned and nodded and tried to explain how he dumdummed the bullets with a hunting knife before he fired them at the field mice in his tent every night. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The young mouse stood in the gloom of the barn, knowing he was being watched. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A mouse, ” said Cook, “a mouse in my kitchen. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

An owl, off by the river hunting mice, uttered its muffled cry. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

You bet he will, as long as there’s any grub or warmth going, but surely we’re not going to have the warren overrun with mice and—and stag beetles, are we?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

After dinner their father sat down to read the Bible, and Grandpa and James and George sat as still as mice on their bench with their catechism. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse looked at him, but did not move. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scientist who replaces murine model with rats and mice will use up no more space on the page and be no less scientific. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The entire mouse community, as instructed by the Most Very Honored Head Mouse, had gathered behind the wall of the castle ballroom. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She’s got the look of a cat that just caught a mouse. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I am the cat who contemplates both the mouse and the cheese. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I fed thee dainties — mice and eels, Adder skin and heart of dove. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z

The odors of the laboratory animals, dogs, monkeys, mice, spin me back into memories, and it is difficult to know whether I am experiencing a new sensation or recalling the past. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the form of a mouse, Eric’s dæmon climbed up to his shoulder and said, just loud enough for Malcolm to hear, “Dad never said exactly that the man was a spy. Not exactly.” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“Out to get a good stick. We’re going to kill the mice today.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse who pursued him through his nightmares. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mouse dropped the nut, which fell into the brook and was carried away, to be swallowed by a salmon. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon changed from a goldfinch to a mouse and ran up Lyra’s arm to the pocket of her shirt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would not trap the mice that danced so close or the owls that plunged just outside the fire. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

So if people generally believe that mice are spontaneously generated in straw, then the task of the philosopher is to explain why this is so, not to question whether it is so. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

"Why are you insulting me? I haven't been rude to you! Why do you call me a mouse?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Sell this land, sell that house, collect the money, and run away like a mouse. Go back to America, spend the money on a family vacation to Mex­ico.” The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He hesitated and then suggested shyly, “Would you like to come on a mouse hunt tomorrow, sir?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s Tuesday, and we’re all in school mode again, like Cinderella and the mice coachmen all gone back to their ordinary form. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Also on board were two pigs purchased by McNeish for future pork roasts, as well as the rats and mice that stow away on any ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z

This was night, and there was a territory to patrol, there were mice to hunt. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon as the mouse hit the floor we opened the cage and shoved it onto the stage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Only listen to the walls like a shameful mouse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Pay attention now, young mouse. We must study this bit by bit. Let’s take the first two lines: ‘Who says that I am dead Knows nought at all!’” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And the night mice crept about on the ground and the little night hawks hunted them silently. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had the longest hair I’d ever seen, a cascade the color of field mice that fell to her knees when she took it out of its tight bun. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The mouse, the shrew and the sparrow plunged off into the green wooded world of Mossflower together. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Brilliant, Chief, diabolical! They’d just be a crowd of terrified little mice without their wonderful Martin.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse found it hard to believe that such an awesome and impressive bird existed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mama denounced Chester as a money eater and said further that she suspected him of inviting mice and other unsavory characters into the newsstand at night. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hears the rapid mice steps of the keys. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The cat and the mouse were sitting on the shelf outside, and Chester Cricket was crouched under the bell in the cage. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you be the eagle or the mouse, Rowan? Will you soar or will you scurry away? For those are the only two choices today.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Before Hazel could spring back from the mouth of the hole, the mouse had dashed between his front paws and was pressed to the ground between his back legs. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“To the dungeon, ” said a mouse in the front row “Silence!” roared the Most Very Honored Head Mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And so, the small mouse who had been dipped m oil, covered in flour, and relieved of his tail slipped out of the pantry and past the weeping ladies. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I read her the story of a lion and a mouse. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

It’s what a mouse must feel, she thinks, as it steps from its hole into the open blades of a meadow, never knowing what shadow might come cruising above. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

But elil they met none and although they were continually on the watch for signs of an Efrafan patrol, they saw nothing but mice, and a few hedgehogs hunting for slugs along the ditches. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am not a squeaky mouse! And I’m not friends with Deb!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

He remained forward with .dosed eyes, with the mouse suspended from his beak, as if he were not sure what to do with it. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to wipe his nose with his wet paw and wished mouse children had to go to bed at night Eke human children. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Frightful was on her post, and I wanted to see the mouse’s face when he found he was in a den with a falcon. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The class set to work, writing to the editor, explaining that the story he published about the mouse exhibit was not true. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse found a shred of cheese and turned it in its tiny paws as if attempting to discern its edibility. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

They wanted to ride the motorcycle by themselves, so now all the mice wanted to ride. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I tell him, “Used to be indoors. Saw a mouse come out of the stuffing one day. Uncle Drum had me move it out here.” The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

I look up to see him watching me with cruel delight, like a raptor bird trying to decide whether to be bothered devouring a small mouse. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Each of the hooded mice put a paw on Despereaux's shoulder. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A moment later he’d jumped out, holding the painter, and Asta in the shape of a mouse shot across the path and under the bush. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Ruth and me followed a few steps behind, little mice trailing behind dogs that were fixing to fight. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse could scarcely hold his temper. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Therefore, comrades, I vote that the mouse goes free!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s just your standard brown mouse,” said Brad. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Now will you let us in, mice? You can see we are unarmed.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And what was our own favorite member of the mouse community doing while the sound of the Mouse Council drum echoed through the walls of the castle? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The young mouse strode onwards, his mind working coolly and without fear, confident that he could handle the situation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But one day, she looked at a page and the word “mouse” had instantaneous meaning. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was drowsy; instead of her usual lively chatter, she grizzled unhappily, and Pantalaimon lay limply as a mouse against her neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

That was the moment when the mouse became real, really real. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Seeing them all running back and forth in the lobby, chasing a white mouse smarter than many of them, was the funniest thing that had happened in a long time. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Turning over on to his back, he kicked savagely at the young mouse’s head with a free foot. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The room full of mice fell silent, expectant, waiting. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Justin opened its doors, unlatched their cages, and the mice came out. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

A fine currant cake is the favourite food of white mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“This is one mouse who knows the value of a dollar.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think now that if Aunt Loma hadn’t wanted the live mouse, it never would of dawned on me to mess up the play. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

I would have white mice riding on white rats, and the rats would gallop furiously round and round the stage. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

George said coldly, “You gonna give me that mouse or do I have to sock you?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know that Log-a-Log is a wise elder, but I am president of our union, comrades. The mouse hasn’t told us where he is going.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"The fact that you're a mouse has nothing to do with me." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“He lives. He lives! And he seems such the happy mouse. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“The mustache is like a mouse’s tail,” I said, giggling. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I put one mouse into each trouser-pocket and wandered downstairs in search of a secret spot. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Everybody shook hands with Stuart—everybody, that is, except the policeman, who was too wet and mad to shake hands with a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The hosts of This Morning are agonizingly British—a middle-aged woman named Dottie in a tea dress and a man called Stu who looks as if he spends weekends yelling at mice in his garden. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

“Don’t stand there in the middle of the floor talking about heaven. Move! You’re a mouse, not a man. Yau’ve got to scurry. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

That is why Because a mouse is not a king’s man here to take me to the dungeon for owning a spoon. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The mouse, I’ve been sure for years, limps home from the site of the burning ferns wheel with a brand-new, airtight plan for killing the cat. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

“The mice tell me that all is good,” he said. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

The mouse charmed the tiny princess with stories of his adventures. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Amazed, we see fleeing rabbits, a skunk, mice, and raccoons. Paradise on Fire 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Though her wrists were cinched with twine, she cupped her hands together; they bulged and pulsed, as if she had a fidgety mouse trapped between her palms, and white light leaked between her fingers. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

But Sauron had already laid his plans, and he had a mind first to play these mice cruelly before he struck to kill. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

No one noticed that there was an extra mouse laboring among the workers in the roadway. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ifemelu was about to sign a lease—if saving money meant living with mice, then so be it—when Ginika’s friend told them of a room for rent, a great deal, as college life went. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Weeds, briers, and the grasses told him there would be rabbits, pheasants, woodchucks, and mice. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The fourteen mice sat around a piece of wood balanced on spools of thread and listened in horror while Despereaux's father related the story of what Furlough had seen. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They soared with her out over the countryside, learning to catch rats, mice, and pigeons. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I’d hosted many families by then, mice and chipmunks in particular. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

When the people in Central Park learned that one of the toy sailboats was being steered by a mouse in a sailor suit, they all came running. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“What would that stupid mouse do with a motorcycle?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Airy was a fierce little boy with a sword, and I’m just a grey mouse girl with a pail. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Matthias staggered weakly into his room—but the moment he closed the door he became a different mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“We had a mouse once. He was cute.” Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

These I cut out and smoothed to make shelves where I could store my food and the mice could not reach it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias was not even too sure it really was a mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“They sometimes attack mice, you know, and rabbit kittens, too,” said Chervil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Others thought mice were as good a subject as any for drawing and writing. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sorry,” said the mouse behind the spool, “but I have to ask you to stand up. I have to do my job. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

If the mice stayed healthy, then the moon rocks must be safe and we were free to rejoin our families without fear of infecting anyone. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three mice swelled Pax’s belly and a muskrat dangled from his mouth, his first large prey. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Yes, sir, that mouse is a mouse in a million,” he often told himself. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

No tinpot order of mice was going to stand against the might of Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Lee’s mind nosed over the proposition like a mouse in a cheese cupboard. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It had a little crescent moon and a mouse on it. He probably still has it.” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

The class respected what Brad had tried to do, and Ralph was struck by a sudden thought: Brad was exactly the sort of boy who could understand a mouse who rode a motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

From cat to mouse, from the hunter to the hunted. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

He chased mice, tried to pounce on them, swept them away with his wings, even caught a few and pecked them sharply, as though to warn them. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

‘Cause I want you to stay with me. Trouble with mice is you always kill ‘em.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The walls were lined with all types of fur, shrew, mouse, vole, even rat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He laughed and told it to eat the mouse, for he was fasting, this night being the Festival of Sunreturn. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Like Bristle’s quarry, the mouse darted back in at the sight of the fox. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A voice shouted: “Mother! Don’t let Dragon in yet. I’ve caught a mouse.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Poor little mouse, that gesture must have taken all his courage, he had none left for speech. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

She taped the mouse belly-up to a table in her laboratory, shaved his fur off, then watched on a monitor as the mouse came nearer and nearer to death. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

The video showed her injecting a mouse with venom from a box jellyfish—the same kind that had stung her. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Hmm. Perhaps it was a mouse, after all, or the echo of harbor traffic. Pipes do have strange acoustic effects.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

She had been as quiet as a hawk on a branch, watching, and he suddenly felt like a very small mouse. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

“They are funny, the mice. They get things wrong. They got your name wrong, you know. They kept saying Coraline. Not Caroline. Not Caroline at all.” Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Repacking it into the torn haversack, she returned it to her mouse friend, eyeing him in an apprehensive manner. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A moment later the sleek black head appeared; two dense obsidian eyes stared at the sleeping mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Ignore the English letters—I’m just showing you how to use the mouse to click and drag. The basics.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Those Abbey mice were going to pay with blood for what they had done to Cluny the Scourge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He wasn't certain, really, how a mouse should address a king. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"Are you or are you not going to allow my grandson to keep his white mice in his room?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t get the captain to move. I thought you were elil and there was no point in staying to be killed. I don’t think I could fight a field mouse.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have never known a mouse who has made it out of the dungeon only to go back into it again. Goodbye, friend. Goodbye, mouse among mice. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Maybe no one would notice if a small brown mouse poked his nose out for a breath of air. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Silently, she began to collect paper and other trash from the floor while Prosper swept up the mouse droppings. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph’s mother said they were a rowdy bunch that set a bad example for the more civilized indoor mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The bird eagerly awaited any mouse who dared enter the house. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

When we prevented neurogenesis, the mice no longer avoided other mice. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

"What do we do with all those mice who have had their tails chopped off?" asked the audience. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Is a good girl, my friend, studies all night and sees the mice, the ones her father says do not exist. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I heard a man's voice yelling, "A mouse! Look at that dirty little mouse!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Joe, there’s a whole family of baby mice in a drawer in the first bedroom. You can get rid of them and set all those traps you brought.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He still lay about a hundred and fifty mouse paces from where they stood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mam puts the boiled onion pot up on the mantelpiece for fear a mouse or rat might be at it. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

The mouse warned me of pain as well. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Something was disturbing him about the captive mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse laughed back as he replied, “Not half as odd as your own name. Whoever heard of a hare being called Basil Stag?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mouse is therefore only three inches away from the cake. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As a further punishment for concocting lies about a big hare and a young mouse, Redtooth ordered that the twelve be starved until further notice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He believes mice are spontaneously generated in piles of straw. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Dora, who was soft as a mouse’s belly, could be as hard as carborundum. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

They did this for a while, and the rat or mouse stopped going to get the food at a certain amount of voltage. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“I have to go check out the old building with the broken-down bull. One of the workers told me they peeked in the window and saw a bunch of mice running around.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Finally Sam tied the mouse to it and swung it again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

We trapped mice to feed it, but sometimes it didn’t eat them, and we couldn’t clear away the carcasses. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

That’s like telling a cat not to pounce on a mouse. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

“Jus’ wanted to feel that girl’s dress—jus’ wanted to pet it like it was a mouse—Well, how the hell did she know you jus’ wanted to feel her dress? Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other than those soft sounds this bear-fighting dog was quiet as a owl diving at a mouse. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

The mouse was supposed to create pandemonium at a Christmas party on stage. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

“A mouse with a motorcycle! Can you ride it?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Who wants a smelly old mouse?” scoffed Brad. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a computer tablet with a wireless mouse. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The young mouse lay back upon the crisp white pillows. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Home of mice and damp and the stink of stranded shellfish, as if a huge tide swept in decades ago and took its time draining away. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

They were young mice of the same age. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Dusky Devastators got as quiet as some mice with bedroom slippers on. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before he was many days old he was not only looking like a mouse but acting like one, too—wearing a gray hat and carrying a small cane. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

And we were nothing but little mice squirming through it in our dark little pathways. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old mouse sat tapping his paw upon the record book. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I believe you are right,” said the old mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then he became a mouse and scuttled to her neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Small wonder the poor mouse kept tripping up! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Our leader has made mice to appear out of nowhere! Get the mouse-traps! Fetch the cheese!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He was certain to defeat such a small creature in combat, but his orders were to get the picture, not to fight little mice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This one mentioned only a couple of odd bearlike noises outside in the night, but what really caught the attention of the shelter’s chroniclers was the unusual liveliness of its resident mice and even rats. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Over the years the odors of liquor and vomit, boiled cabbage and burned meat, unwashed clothes and mouse droppings have intermingled into a stench that brings tears to my eyes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

There were no raccoons or skunks about in the snow, but the mice, the weasels, the mink, the foxes, the shrews, the cottontail rabbits were all busier than Coney Island in July. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

The idea was to expose the mice to the moon rocks. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“About ten thousand mice are hoping you build it loose,” Garvey said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

She was quiet; Asta, as a mouse, was whispering to her and Pan. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The chocolates are shaped like mice, with almond ears and licorice tails. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He said, “I could crush that mouse by just thinking about it.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Apa leans in, ear offered up as though listening for a mouse in the wall. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I imagine the attacking people flooding out of the forest like terrified mice, scratching at the sides of the ship to get on. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I watch his hand continue to move the mouse, but sometimes it feels like it’s my hand, not his. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The dog chases the cat The cat chases the mouse. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

The outdoor mice were defiant, but Ralph could tell they were not as brave as they pretended. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

To this day we don’t know what became of those six mice. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Rabbits and field mice and all other small hunted that feel safer in the concealing light crept and hopped and crawled and froze to resemble stones or small bushes when ear or nose suspected danger. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

They sat about scratching their heads at the strange behavior of the sparrow and the mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know where there is no other mouse. I remember a lady used to give ‘em to me—ever’ one she got. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two of them stared at the clock, and then they put away all the toys, including the little mouse, and closed the booth. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I didn’t tell him the mouse had come with my new tablet. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Tiny flames went darting up the wood like swift red mice, skating over the oil and leaping from bark to branch to leaf. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

As clearly as they could, the badger and the young mouse related the incident of the rat-infested hay cart. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"A mouse-person will almost certainly live for three times as long as an ordinary mouse," my grandmother said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh, oh, how ’bout this: How ’bout we get a sticky pad, like the kind you use to catch mice, and you put flies on that. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

She got mixed up on verbs like “come” and “came,” as well as on plurals of words like “house” and “mouse.” Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cancerous and tubercular rats and mice leaped about their cages. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the table drawer, the mouse rustled softly, enjoying the supper of flapjack crumbs Mae had put there for him. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Carefully the big badger clasped the young mouse close into the warmth of her rough coat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Once there was a mouse caught in our walls. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Unhappy at leaving the Abbot unguarded, the mice hesitated to obey the order to withdraw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Purr made himself useful keeping mice from the barley and tasting everyone’s cheese. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the ones as got a good look claims it had a great fat mouse in its mouth, and it never let go, even when the bullets came after it.” The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

She was fearful of the smallest of creatures—a mouse, scurrying across the floor of Alyss hut, almost caused her to faint—and fascinated in a worried sort of way with birds. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the place of honor, right next to the princess, is a very small mouse with big ears. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Please, please, let no one hear him call me a mouse. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

I think I’m about to touch a mouse. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Yes, and a robber to boot. Fancy stealing Martin’s tapestry from the mice! What harm have they ever done to him?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Now it was a game of cat and mouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

So I worked and waited and talked with the donkey and the mice. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"So I'm not really an ordinary mouse at all," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

When Ma saw Rose standing in the hall, Ma stopped and clutched her bathrobe like she had just seen a mouse. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Shocked and hurt by such strong language, the little indoor mice fell silent. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most of the woodland defenders and Redwall mice had retired to their beds. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the meaner mice told him their mothers said Ralph was spoiled and selfish and would probably turn out to be no good when he grew up. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Genie went to give him five, but Grandpop caught his hand, clamped down on it like a mousetrap on a mouse, and shook it hard and tight. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Twilight crept over the water towards them, dainty as a mouse. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

In spite of his advanced years, Methuselah gripped Matthias’s paw and ran so fast that the younger mouse had difficulty in keeping up. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"There are worse things than being a mouse," I said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“But I did see a mouse, Daddy,” I said. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He threw them back down and, in the reverberating echo, something, perhaps a mouse, dashed across. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The preacher picked up the mouse by the tail and walked and threw it out the front door of the Pick' It-Quick, and everybody applauded again. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

We learn “Scots Wha’ Hae,” and a poem about a mouse, which causes some snickering as it contains the word breast. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

One day, when we lifted it up, we found a dead mouse lying among our treasures. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

"That woman has magic powers. She might decide to turn you into something even sillier than a mouse. A cockroach perhaps." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“You don’t feel like playing!” the mouse exclaimed. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wonder what would happen if they put Algernon back in the big cage with some of the other mice. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Ambrose made a few mysterious passes and produced the shell, straight out of the mouth of an awestruck infant mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They’d gazed at him adoringly, while she just looked at him like a cat watching a mouse. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Do NOT put it in the trash, because even if it’s just crumbs left, mice will get in there. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Whitlock threatens to dismember anyone nicking mouse parts, but after a flask of his special coffee he gets drowsy and careless. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

He looked at the mouse, pushed it gently aside and came down the run. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“If cats have mice to eat, they don’t chase flies,” he said. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the topmost shelf, above a rail of threadbare clothes, a small cardboard box was shaking and rattling as though there were several frantic mice trapped inside it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Indeed, if laboratory mice have too much HLA diversity, Black told me, researchers can’t use them to observe the progress of an infectious disease. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Once in Zaire, he had stuck himself with a bloody needle while taking blood from a mouse. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Let us pray,” the preacher finally said, “for this mouse.” Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh dear. I’ll have to get that young mouse some sandals that aren’t so big,” the Abbot said to himself for the second time that day. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Shoo!” he said loud enough to frighten little mice but not loud enough to terrify them. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In the garden they were always alone with themselves, but along the bank of the brook in summer lived five other mice families, all with children. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse decided to fight fire with fire. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer lay in the cloister gardens surrounded by his mice and woodland friends. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Once dressed, I faced the rather dead mouse and wrinkled my nose. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Focusing his gaze on the mouse, he waited for it to take one more step. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

He had always been straightforward with me—more so than most of the others—but when he described the white mouse who had been given intelligence, he was as pompous and artificial as the others. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Besides, there was always the additional hazard that the mouse might hang on to him and shout for help until it came. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rats and mice and dogs and rabbits moved over the floor in wild panic. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Griffith autopsied the mice and found that the rough bacteria had changed: they had acquired the smooth coat—the virulence-determining factor—merely by contact with the debris from the dead bacteria. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“It is all about the mice who live in the Abbey beneath us, and of one mouse in particular called Martin the Warrior...” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Cats in malt houses, granaries, ship holds, mansions, and hovels caught a last mouse, setded down to wash their fur and sleep. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse was about the same age as her daughter. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Gordon told Melissa, who was wearing wet shoes and carrying her boots, that he was sure static electricity would not hold a mouse to a sock. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The animals from miles around came to drink from the little pools, and the wild sheep and the deer, the pumas and raccoons, and the mice— all came to drink. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I am a mouse! You wait till my father hears about this!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The corners were choked with dust and it smelled like a whole metropolis of mice had lived and bred there, probably until the cats got wise and moved in before moving on, but no snakes. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

None of us knew much about the mice, except what we had heard Dr. Schultz dictate into his tape recorder. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Servants and nurses curtsy to the queen as they scurry around as quietly as mice. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

There were only two feed bins in the barn built to keep out mice and I’d already stacked one with potatoes and the other halfway with nuts and com and cabbages. How I Live Now 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

We may be like the genetically different lines of mice, or like Hayflick’s different tissue-culture lines, programmed to die after a predetermined number of days, clocked by their genomes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The squirrels, the mice, rats, frogs, possums, lizards. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The NACAites ran their giant turbines into the wee hours if necessary, engineers pressing the machines for answers to their research questions like night owls on the hunt for mice. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

‘After all,’ he went on, ‘to catch hold of a dead mouse when you’re expecting to catch hold of a Gobstopper must be a pretty frightening experience. Don’t you agree?’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

George snapped his fingers sharply, and at the sound Lennie laid the mouse in his hand. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

I suppose the mice went right on tunneling to the grasses and the mosses and had no trouble staying alive, but I did wonder how The Baron Weasel was doing. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Behind those medieval walls lay the bodies of a million insects, and under its floors the cooling corpses of spiders and mice. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

I curl up like a mouse—don’t move, don’t make a noise—and wait for the echoes to die. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“But Papa,” she said, “he is not a rat. He’s a mouse. There’s a difference.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It was her old friend, Mr. Ages, the white mouse. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

She’d take the bald-headed witches who turn children into mice—and The Odyssey, with the Cyclops and the enchantress who transforms his warriors into pigs. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She might have been alone in the world, but of course she never was, and Pantalaimon crept out of her anorak as a mouse to keep her company. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias’s voice had not reached her across the vagrant wind, but someone had heard the young mouse’s shouts: King Bull Sparra! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Mr. Costa keeps our school too clean for mice.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The class was quick to point out that the ink would soon wear off, that Ralph would have to keep running back to the stamp pad, which no mouse would do. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The people standing around were astonished to see, through the fumes and glare of the fire, a cat, a mouse, and a cricket, running, jumping, to safety. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It smelled like the dead mouse they’d found in the orphanage one night, but times ten thousand. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

More and more small valuables and family keepsakes belonging to the mice and their woodland guests vanished into the thief’s sack. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And then he stepped back and turned and shouted, “Fellow mice, the thread has been tied. The thread has been knotted.” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Basil Stag Hare: what an amazing old campaigner, the young mouse thought, as he drifted off to sleep. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And everything would have been all right, except that a mouse ran across the floor. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

As far as Nhamo knew, it contained no animals larger than mice, and the shore was too steep for hippos to invade. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux stood before the Mouse Council, and he realized that he was a different mouse than he had been the last time he faced them. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“A little bit of both, I suppose,” said the young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I am the wolf that kills the stag, the hawk that kills the mouse, the spider that kills the fly! A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

They could all see the field mouse, which was exposed in a patch of smooth grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She took a step, and another, and with each she felt less a mouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

He scanned the starry sky for a sign of Hedwig, perhaps soaring back to him with a dead mouse dangling from her beak, expecting praise. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

“I can’t believe they don’t have these records online,” Tucker said, clicking incessantly at his yellowed mouse. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Stuart was frightened, but he was a brave mouse, even when he had a sore throat. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“No mice, mind you. A fat chicken would be lovely, or a length of sausage, or beef stew ... Listen to me. I’m as bad as Grandfather!” Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Anyway,” my mom said, “it would take more than eating a mouse to spoil this day for me.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

The window ledge where I once watched the soggy fairies and chilblained snowflakes, breathing in the smell of snakes and antiseptic and mice, is now empty air. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” he said, “your—er—visitor—your mouse. He wants to speak to you.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The trouble with you, Homer, is that you don’t know who your real friends are. When the company gets into trouble, it’ll throw you out like a dead mouse.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered if his plan to make the little mice leave the lobby had worked and if Matt still had his job. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The crops would appear, the asparagus was ready to sprout, and for the rest of the spring and summer the garden would be too busy a place for mice to live in comfortably. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the danger of the enterprise, the young mouse actually enjoyed the ride across the river on the tree trunk. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The small, leaping tracks of cottontail rabbits, the tiny tracks of field mice, and the feather-stitching tracks of snowbirds. Little House in the Big Woods 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

Soon after Harris’s HeLa-chicken study, a pair of researchers at New York University discovered that human-mouse hybrids lost their human chromosomes over time, leaving only the mouse chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Lying on my stomach on the floor, pushing the box under my cot, I found a tiny pile of mouse bones. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the bathtub or in dishwater my fingers looked nibbled, as if by mice. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

At night they slept in a haystack, so grateful for open air even the field mice and the ticks were welcome bedmates. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not even a mouse could have squeezed in to sit beside her. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Elaine did not move, but only looked upon him with her quick eyes, like a mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Just enough for the neck,” muttered the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Wishbone like to went crazy sniffing around for mice and chipmunks or whatever else might’ve been in that garage chewing on bags of bird seed or nesting in a busted radiator. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

He wasn’t like Angel Yanagihara, who stung a mouse, then watched as it got closer and closer to death. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“I think I’ll put it in Porgy’s cage. I can’t see it in this box. It must be hungry. It was trying to eat Dragon’s food. Dumb mouse. It might have been killed.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

We had a mouse that lived for several weeks with the vipers. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

‘Why don’t we’, I said, ‘slip it into one of Mrs Pratchett’s jars of sweets? Then when she puts her dirty hand in to grab a handful, she’ll grab a stinky dead mouse instead.’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

His paws looked like ordinary mouse paws to him, but now that she mentioned it, maybe... Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse was holding his sword, his own beautiful sword! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"What will we do after the cats have killed all the mice?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If it wasn’t the heat, it was the flies; if not the mice, then the people. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

The old mouse, seeing the humor of the situation, began to chuckle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mouse darts out of our cell through a hole in the wall. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon struggled against her sleepiness, but it was too strong; he curled up as a mouse inside her hood. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I awoke in the morning to a tiny skritch-skratch sound like the noise a mouse makes in the wall, only it was coming from Petey’s jar. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

When mice grow up, they don't ever have to go to war and fight against other mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Icy white, sunny, and mute, the expanse everywhere was almost entirely unmarked except for faint feather patterns where a little bird had pushed off; or for tiny mouse tracks trickling across the still, shimmering snow. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had many questions, from the everyday: “Owls, transport mice alive?” to the pointed: “How easily does Wolf & Dog cross?” Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The place was deserted, except for yellowhammers and a few mice pattering about in the sun. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Camp is sort of a mouse, you know. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lady Seymour ate enough for an undersized mouse. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s the smallest mouse I’ve ever seen,” said his aunt Florence. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

For starters, Edna is going to be someone’s buddy again, which is like pairing a baby mouse with a boa constrictor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The kestrel drape upon a mouse, and the poor mouse, transfixed with those needle talons, cries out in agony has one squeal of K-e-e-e! The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

The birdlime had entangled a few queleas and a mouse that had been attracted by their fluttering. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ha, he had eaten all the mouse’s nuts too! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Standing in the courtyard is kind of like being a mouse at the bottom of a concrete garbage can, high walls all around and daylight up there somewhere. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

So I described how Bruno Jenkins had come in and how I had actually seen him with my own eyes being shrunk into a mouse. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“We don’t know where Ralph is,” was Miss K’s comment, “and perhaps we should wait to write our letters until after the investigation. After all, there may be more mice in the school.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse struggled, biting at Cole’s fingers with razor-sharp teeth, its tiny feet clawing frantically to escape. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Bertha almost never got mad about anything more than a cat bringing a mouse inside, so it was a bit of a shock to hear her yelling like that. Wish 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

After school the next afternoon, I put my hand in my purse and then made a look, as if a mouse had bitten my hand. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Right, comrades. Now we know a bit more about things, let’s have a show of paws. All those in favor of letting the mouse go free.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mouse leaned in close, and Despereaux smelled celery again, green and alive. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They saw the lion—its body the size of a cow—drag his grandmother into the thorny trees, then toss her body into the bush like a mouse. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

She patted it gently with her unarmed paw and the mouse squirmed horribly away dragging its paralyzed hind legs behind it. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She imagines a storybook mouse creeping out from its hole. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

A mouse and a moron turned into geniuses before your very eyes! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The two mice had to jump aside smartly as the mole team took over. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A bigger grinder had a cute little drawer filled with spiderwebs and ancient coffee—and with mouse leavings. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“No, Mrs. Maxy. No problem,” I said in a small mouse voice. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s ridiculous. No mouse has ever, ever been this small. Not even a Tilling. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Bands of Redwall mice practiced at thrust and parry with staves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Moving suddenly, the woman seized Pantalaimon, and holding his mouse body in a fierce grip, she touched the tip of a spur to his leg. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

He cradled the sad, small bundle that had once been the wisest and oldest mouse of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The boys decided that the dog Arfy might take an interest in a mouse for the wrong reason. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He took hold of Matthias’s tail as they went forwards together, the mouse talking animatedly, the squirrel nodding vigorously. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Good idea,” murmured the mice, who had never before thought of such a thing. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Most people, when they think of an animal, think of a creature with hair, such as a dog or cat, a rabbit or a mouse, a horse or a cow. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

If gemmules existed, then a mouse with a surgically excised tail should produce a mouse without a tail. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

At first I thought it was a mouse, which was no big deal. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

Gregor saw the bodies of rats, humans, roaches, spiders, bats, and other creatures he didn’t even know lived in the Underland, like mice and butterflies. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Labrador did his best and tried to initiate the other into the art of frog and field mouse hunting, but the terrier’s eyesight was too poor for him to have much success. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Refusing Methuselah’s help, the young mouse left the old one gazing at the torn tapestry. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We did not know a tubercular mouse from a cancerous mouse; the white doctors had made sure that we would not know. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, well. It’s the friend of the mice! So, we meet again, badger!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse could not afford to wait around for the rat to regain his senses. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was touched that a mouse he had known only a few minutes would share his food with him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The only good mouse is a dead mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The young mouse lost track of time until he became aware of the sun starting to sink in a reddening sky heralding the twilight. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Hazel,” he asked, “what was this idea you had—about the mouse? You said you’d explain it later. How about trying it out on us now?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse council, thirteen honored mice and one Most Very Honored Head Mouse, heeded the call of Lester's drum and gathered in a small, secret hole off King Phillips throne room. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I feel like a mouse being bounced between cats. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

She can pick up a single peanut with elegant precision, tickle a passing mouse, tap the shoulder of a dozing keeper. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

The frantic and all too graphic squeaks, scuffling, and scraping followed, and when she felt him go rigid Stephanie again explained: “Don’t worry, it’s only a mouse.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Never again will her life be free of travail and disappointment in her three blind mice. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she tossed her braid, which had always reminded her of a long mouse tail. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He wept with all the emotions a young, small mouse who has been sent to his death and then been delivered from it in time to save his beloved can feel. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I don’t take any stock at all in such matters. ‘Rats and mice and such small deer,’ as Shakespeare has it, ‘chicken-feed of the larder’ they might be called. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

He blinked over the top of his glasses at the young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

That he would not be able to let the princess know what had become of him seemed suddenly unbearable to the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

No mice would disturb her, that was understood. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no way out up there, mouse,” he called. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Herbert, get me out of here! There's mice everywhere! They'll go up my skirts!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

As the old mouse spoke, the door behind him creaked shut! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As she watched, she noticed a mouse pilfering a basket of peanuts. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

When the fish are frozen out, they’ll eat other things, including crustaceans, mice, voles and small birds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

She had opened a dresser drawer—and there was a whole family of wonderful little mice! Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The place was infested with sting weeds and scurrying field mice. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nielsen resembles a large gray mouse, complete with twitching whiskers, pink-tinged ears, and a tiny mouth. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

Sizwe and I took my tower, my giant monitor, and all the cables and the keyboard and the mouse. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He was nervous about the mouse hunt that was about to begin at Sneed Elementary School, all because he had innocently wanted to leave the inn to save an old man’s job. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He was clothed in the familiar habit of a Redwall mouse, plain, with no trimmings. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Out of habit, she almost declared the book so she could get double points, but—thinking of Babbage poaching her books—she pulled her finger back from the mouse right before she clicked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“What a beautiful mouse!” said Miss K, who was young and enthusiastic and eager to give her pupils learning experiences. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

That was not learned for several days, however, leaving enough time for the putative lessons of the irradiated mouse to sink in deeply. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

An article that cost thirty cents in 1912 still was thirty cents although mice and moths might seem to some to have reduced its value. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Get along, and eat your lunch, warrior mouse, or I’ll show you my deadly aim with a piece of this cheese.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I must have been down in the ditch close to half an hour, still as a mouse. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

At first they moved cautiously, but before long they grew confident at finding no trace of any creature larger than a mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

You could tell from the way the mouse’s tail was flying behind that in the picture there was a strong wind, maybe gale-force seven. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

More like burning rubber, less like rotting dead mice? she thought. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

These may be cases of secondary poisoning, caused by eating birds or mice that have accumulated insecticides in their livers or other organs. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Eat this,” said the owl, and handed him a dead mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its meat would make a welcome change from mice and termites. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen, mouse, you can’t stand down there shouting up at me. Why not come into my lair, er, nest. Then we can chat together in comfort.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Sargon raised his paw and cuffed Mr. Georgiou lightly, like he was playing with a mouse, knocking the poor guy out cold. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Did you see any hraka? Pick up any scent? Or was it just a message from little green mice singing under a toadstool?” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too loud to be a mouse. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I fooled for an hour or so brewing this dish, adding this and that, when I heard the mouse in his tunnel. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tapped the mouse to wake it up and then searched for his most recently edited files. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

For what creature had not been freely given the aid and special knowledge of the kindly mice? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Abbot Mortimer appealed to the onlookers, “Give us room there! If you really want to help, then stand back, please. Someone give Cornflower a lantern. Good mouse, hold it up.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He might have said more, but that was when the maester came, rapping at the cabin door as timid as a mouse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps if you were to give him this mouse here, politely, he might learn to know you better.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a little scrap of a thing, this mouse, perhaps still a baby, on its first foray into the world. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Little said that, for one thing, there must be no references to “mice” in their conversation. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Stuart was a courteous mouse by nature, but Harriet said she didn’t need any help. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

When I was a kid I read these books, the Redwall books, fantasy books about a bunch of warrior mice, and the mice had this war cry that I always thought was cool: “Eulalia.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

The goose tenderly bent and nudged her upright with his beak, and the sparrow became a mouse, staggering and confused. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I shudder, knowing that I have a mouse's chance of survival down here. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“Because you, mouse, can tell Gregory a story Stories are light. Light is precious in a world so dark. Begin at the beginning. Tell Gregory a story. Make some light. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Her expression was part amazement, part nausea, like she’d finally managed to swallow that mouse. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

Reader, you may ask this question; in fact, you must ask this question: Is it ridiculous for a very small, sickly, big- eared mouse to fall in love with a beautiful human princess named Pea? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

All we face is a lot of peaceful mice and some local woodland creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I, Cook, am glad to see a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

All available mice and woodland defenders were gathered in two groups, on either side of the cord-marked aisle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then Miss K said some members of the class had stories and poems about mice they wanted to share with their guests. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as Angelica and the little boy had vanished, Pantalaimon appeared from Lyra’s pocket, his mouse head ruffled and bright-eyed. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Kneel to me, mouse! Kneel or I will kill you,” he stormed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Food bad enough to kill you with it Roaches here, mice, flies, lice and even a snake or two. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tressa smiles like a cat watching a mouse ease out of its hole. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

Snakes often hissed to themselves, things like “I know there’s a tasty mouse around here sssssomewhere.” The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

And we get to work, brushing down the walls and scrubbing the floor, disturbing more mice than I want to see. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

In her letters home, she complained about the work, the food, and the mice. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

To the astonishment of the watching mice, the step slid smoothly outwards on the greased stone. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He’s just a little mouse. Besides, we haven’t figured out how to make the partitions stand up.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Winn-Dixie took the mouse over to the preacher and dropped it at his feet. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

The beating of the drum let them know that an important decision would have to be made, one that affected the safety and well-being of the entire mouse community Boom. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He taps his finger against the mouse button. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I threw them into the kitchen fire, along with the mouse carcasses and rotted potatoes. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ve got to eat this by yourself,” Sam said, and threw the mouse on the ground. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

As it turned out, the mouse had died not from radiation but suffocation, for someone had forgotten to activate its air supply. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She turned to her computer, shook her mouse to wake it up, and then clicked an image on her desktop. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

We are mice, he thinks, and the sky swirls with hawks. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The majority of the Redwall mice thought that Matthias was acting a little oddly, but the young mouse knew exactly what he was about. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Have you ever seen a mouse with a thousand babies?” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

But I felt like one of those little mice who has to figure out the right button to push before its food will drop down into the cup. Missing May 1992-03-01T00:00:00Z

Soon the whole household was scurrying about like mice, trying to avoid him. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

She had picked up her wand from the table, and it had emitted a loud squeak and turned into a giant rubber mouse. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

There would be consequences of the mouse’s love for music. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

It smelled of mold and mouse droppings and other things Dustfinger didn’t want to think about. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He was listening, with his big ears, to the sweet sound that no other mouse seemed to hear. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The thought repulsed me at the time, since we consider mice vermin, unless cooked. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Shasta now gave himself up for lost and began to wonder whether lions killed you quickly or played with you as a cat plays with a mouse and how much it would hurt. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

At the sound of their footsteps, Pinmei would scurry away to be out of sight, her long braid trailing her like the tail of a disappearing mouse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

“Why pick on a small mouse? Surely a big strong rat like you can deal with an old badger? Come on, try me for size.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He swallows, swivels back around to face the computer, and puts a hand on the mouse but doesn’t click the screensaver away. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The fields glowed with a gray frost-like light and in the dew the tracks of rabbits and of field mice stood out sharply. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s the richest mouse in New York,” said Harry. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seemingly from out of nowhere a mouse leaped, barring Matthias’s path! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He sat there like a little mouse and thought, and in half a minute it was fixed!” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“Hello,” I whispered, as if mice and rats and opossums and chipmunks could start up a conversation. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I worried these questions the way Mr. Whiskers worried the mice he caught; worried so, in fact, that I barely felt the piercing wind the whole ride home. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The old mouse did not hide his disappointment. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

This was the Cavern Hole of the mice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A mouse’,' said the Pea, who knew that she was right. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Both mice could feel the hairs standing on their backs as the door opened with agonizing slowness. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Cole pitied the scared little mouse, but he held on, gripping with all his strength. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

They will dig away the earth from under the bodies of small creatures, such as shrew mice and fallen fledglings, and then lay their eggs on them before covering them with soil. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Perfidy” was certainly the word that was in Despereaux's mind as the mice finally approached the narrow, steep stairs that led to the black hole of the dungeon. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Next time the kestrel sees a mouse, his own soul cries out Kee in imitation. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Remorselessly he used his greater strength to drive the young mouse backwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It would be like the baby birds, or like the worms, or the mouse. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

In another few seconds, all the witches had completely disappeared and the tops of the two long tables were swarming with small brown mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I remember how one day she showed up with bright pink tresses studded with blinking colored lights shaped like mice. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

He thought how the rats had gnawed ragged holes in the red saddle, and how the mice had nibbled Gabilan’s tail until it was stringy and thin. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Probably just a mouse. Now pipe down before you wake someone.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

The owls flew through the hayloft, shrieking and looking for mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Mrs. Frederick C. Little’s second son arrived, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

And while her father played another song, a song about the deep purple falling over sleepy garden walls, the princess reached out and touched the top of the mouses head. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Coaid it be that the Undying Ones were deadi Her answer was a whisper as thin as a mouse's whisker. ... we live ... live . . . live ... it sounded. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

George took the mouse and threw it across the pool to the other side, among the brush. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

For though the cat was number one, there were other things in the woods that chased mice. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I slept in the hay and played with the mice in the barn. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

"I have been reading about mice," she said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But now he knew he had won; the voices had been right; he would soon see the last of the mouse warrior. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Despereaux looked at his father and saw an old mouse whose fur was shot through with gray How could that be? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"I cannot permit mice in my hotel, madam," he said to my grandmother. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He would be caught like a mouse in its hole. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

The fingers of the sitar player traveled up and down the strings like clever mice. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

My feet were moving but I was standing in the same place, like a mouse on a treadmill. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

Both our feet hung off the edge of the mattress and touched the cool concrete floor, and we prayed that a little mouse or a big spider would not eat our toes. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She pulled out an old brown leather bag filled with tiny holes where the closet mice had nibbled at it over the years. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

They knit themselves together into a skeletal field mouse and scampered off. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The young mouse tried to wrench himself free. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The old gatehouse-keeper leaned upon the young mouse’s arm as they walked along, talking of this and that. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like a mouse, I scrambled for a hiding place, but I need not have bothered. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

She peered at me over her glasses; her eyes sharpened on me like a bird of prey spying a mouse. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“I think I need to visit with my former Sisters. The cat’s away. And the mice shall play. And there is much that a mouse can do, after all.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Havermeyer had grown very proficient at shooting field mice at night with the gun he had stolen from the dead man in Yossarian’s tent. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“But it is very common,” said the dragon, “for cats to play with mice before they kill them.” A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Though she is only a few inches smaller than me, she seems tiny somehow, her stick-thin body swimming in her dress, her face pinched and frightened, like that of a starved mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

“She was poisoning the mice in her basement with the chocolates you gave her,” I shot right back. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I can feel my fingers clicking that mouse. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

There he befriended any number and species of animals: dogs, white mice, eagles, lions, boa constrictors, wolves. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z

They seem to think we are Santa Claus, the way the children come around begging us for food and things every single day—and us as poor as church mice! The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And this rat or mouse would walk over to the food and eat. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, I saw that. I got mice here. I know that.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And in his sleep, reader, the small mouse began to cry. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then all the mice, down to the littlest one who was tangled in the fringe of the carpet, began to chant, “Ralph is greedy, Ralph is greedy!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I think we must be somewhere near the mouse Abbey,” Fangburn said. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But there was nothing alive in the tunnel now, not a mouse or a spider or even a toadstool. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Tell this mouse what happens to a trespasser.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In addition to physical examinations for us and microscopic checks of the rocks, there was a colony of white mice which was used to check for germs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was only about two inches high; and he had a mouse’s sharp nose, a mouse’s tail, a mouse’s whiskers, and the pleasant, shy manner of a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

His face contentedly deep in fee pie, his toes curled inward and his bare soles together, he sits and chews and swallows while his daemon becomes a mouse and grooms her whiskers. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

The trouble was, the forewarning was no use at all, not so far as the mice were concerned. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Whereupon, Chester and his sixteen purple mice went into the kitchen for dinner. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

She fiddled with the wheel on her mouse. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

I worked in silence but for the crying of owls, the scrabbling of mice, and the knocking of my heart against my ribs. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

Even Lion’s roar was now like the whine of a mouse. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

At their back stood a dozen stout mice guarding the gatehouse door under the command of Basil Stag Hare. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Frightful ate old frozen muskrat during those days, We couldn’t kick up a rabbit or even a mouse. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course she had never considered that their father, who could not even trap a mouse, had shot their friend, but the connections seemed jumbled. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Can I kill the mice in the old haystack, sir?” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, not much—but then later, when the troops were hunting Indians and shooting children and burning teepees, it wasn’t much different from your mouse hunt.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouse injected with the smooth strain thus died rapidly of pneumonia. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

These plump little mice were not as peaceful as they first looked. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Just then a mouse scurried along the floor by the counter. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I took new interest in the torpedo-fish with their crackling shocks; in the turtles that paced beside yardsticks; in the mice sliced end to end, that their gestation might be viewed. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Don’t fret, Brother Alf. Whatever it is, you can bet your habit it’ll be an original Matthias gem. That young mouse has got more in his head than a pile of acorns.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His vigilance and hatred for mice helped the whole family in their efforts to ready the cabin for winter. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The owl swallowed the mouse in just a couple of gulps, leaving just its tail trailing from her mouth, like a length of bootlace. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

“Not before I see your King, you won’t,” the young mouse retorted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She unlocked two bolts on the front door and waved her hand in the air, saying, “Smells like I got a mouse in one of those traps.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

And for the second time that day, the mouse fainted. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

As the days passed and the mice stayed healthy, our spirits rose, and finally, on August 10, 1969, the flight of Apollo 11 ended and we were released to the world. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse’s eyes snapped open, clear and bright. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Can you move my lab mice somewhere safe? They're in the bio lab. It's just one cage." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Night closed in on the small mouse wandering alone in the depths of Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Your son, ha. That’s a good one! I’ll tell you what I want, mouse. I want it all. The lot. Everything. Do you hear me?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Maybe I’m not a water dancer yet, but I’m not a mouse either. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She had seen the deer mouse, the creeping vole, the green-hued antlers of the white-tailed deer decaying underneath a cedar. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

The frightened mouse dived back underneath the stairs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

When I related this at dinner, Father said, “Calpurnia, cardinals do not eat mice. They live on vegetation. Sam Houston, please pass the potatoes.” The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Log-a-Log picked up his pack and smiled broadly at the young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She was a mouse on his shoulder, and she had looked directly at the men by the fire and seen that they were looking at her, and they were the men from the bridge. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Eating the mouse exhausted Cole, and by the time he had chewed up the tiny bones and swallowed the wad of tough furry skin, he lay spent, mouth gaping open. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Yes, I’m a mouse. Squeak, squeak. Now shoo-shoo back to your little bug friends,” said Ripred, picking up a hunk of dried beef. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Above it swung a sign showing a picture of a falcon perched on a branch with a mouse in its beak. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

If he did and if he saw the mice, the poor things would be in the hall-porter's bucket of water before I could shout stop. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Taking full advantage of all the archived information that was never more than a few mouse clicks away, Jesse had strong ideas and theories about everything—the size of government, genetic engineering, gun control. Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“O King, mouse have no got more candynuts. Give all to great Majesty. Now you let mouse go freehome,” he said hopefully. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Melissa said, “I think we should all write letters to the paper and say the story wasn’t true and that there is, or was, only one mouse here.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

But if I can hold down Greasy Sae's concoction of mice meat, pig entrails, and tree bark -a winter specialty -I'm determined to hang on to this. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

The mouse knew that as a knight, it was his duty to protect the princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Two herbicides belonging to the carbamate group, IPC and CIPC, have been found to play a role in producing skin tumors in mice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

At first, we tried grabbing the hands, but the skin’s fingers flopped like they were holding our hands and I squeaked like a scared mouse. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The old woman, small and grey as a mouse, never said a word, but the girl made up for it. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

There were a few trying experiences such as being blocked from passage to class by a few rough, tough-looking sideburners, boys who I’m sure if separated would not attack a mouse. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ben was scared of mice and bats and spiders and anything that started moving when the lights went out. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Occasionally, a mouse climbs up the gray walls. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

"It's funny," I said, "but ever since I became a mouse I've hated the taste of sweets and chocolate. So I don't think I'll get any holes." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

You might not recognize him, he's gotten so full of mice and who knows what all else. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

The woman clicks on a mouse and looks at her computer. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

He jiggled the mouse beside his keyboard to get rid of the screen saver. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“All in good time, young mouse! Here, make yourself useful. You brush the dust off the words while I ink them in. Between us we’ll soon get it done.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The manual continues: “Look on the ground for hedgehogs . . . porcupines . . . mice . . . wild pigs; in the trees for bats, squirrels, rats, and monkeys ...” Anyone for mouse pie, bat stew, porcupine soup, or squirrel souffle? Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If the cards went into the barn boxes, mice might chew them up. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Lord Roke, as quick and as quiet as a mouse, was out of the door before the priest had turned around. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Hazel watched the mouse make off into the long grass. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

This story begins within the walls of a castle, with the birth of a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And, reader, truthfully, they might be sitting there still, if a mouse had not arrived. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Most puzzling was, “Ralph isn’t that kind of mouse. He’s nice!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

High above the dungeon, upstairs, in the castle, a small mouse stood alone one evening as his brothers and sisters sniffed for crumbs. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They fused HeLa cells with mouse cells and created the first human-animal hybrids —cells that contained equal amounts of DNA from Henrietta and a mouse. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

“Well, maybe, when you get all through, I could call the dogs and hunt the mice.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quickly she came around the desk to Elizabeth’s chair and nudged the mouse across its pad, and the black screen of Elizabeth’s monitor flickered to life: a spreadsheet showing the year-to-date expenses. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Say the word and I’m your mouse, sir.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Like mice, military censors had nibbled at Milton’s letters before Desdemona got to digest them. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

As he took his place at the helm, he could hear people cheering for him and calling, “Atta mouse, Stuart! Atta mouse!” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“If I’m a mouse, you’re a dirty old rat in a pile of rotten meat bones! Take us home at once!” screamed Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse had had a good look round most of the court, but the sword was not to be seen. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She and Joe had read a story about some children who had mice for pets. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

We ran like rabbits fleeing a fox, like deer fleeing a hunter, like mice fleeing an owl, leaping, dodging, practically flying through the underbrush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

A memory of his attic bedroom swamps him: clicking of mouse feet in the walls, sleet tapping the window. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Radioactive tracer substances were injected into cancerous mice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Here the ancient mouse took a while to leaf through the pages. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse was confronted by the wide-open eye of the monster staring directly at him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She blew out her candle and stepped out into the strange room, making no more noise than a mouse. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I had never seen a mouse scowl before, but he managed it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Hollows can be small enough for tiny salt-and-pepper chickadees or a family of deer mice. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

She hadn’t captured it or taken any special care beyond naming it after an incorrect storybook animal, namely a mouse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I saw a mouse in the cabin this morning.” Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Back in Connecticut he had sometimes watched the one-sided fights of cats and mice in the meadow, and unless the mice were near their holes, the fights always ended in the same way. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither did the rustle of mice in the corners. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Just before we left for Bournemouth, my grandmother had given me, as consolation, a present of two white mice in a little cage and of course I took them with me. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

A cat moved through the darkness carrying a live mouse it would kill in a minute. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouse might have made it, but Lancelot’s eyes grew vague. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the second page of the Daily Press there was an old picture of me and a sketch of a white mouse. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Isabelle picked up the mouse, wound it again, and set it down. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

No more mice and shrews and moles, no more cold nights in the shed. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Papa, I told you, he’s a mouse” said the Pea. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She starts quietly singing some funny little song, about a mouse running up a clock. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I’ve even pet mice, but not when I couldn’t get nothing better.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

A group of mice led by Brother Alf tried fording the ditch and climbing up into the meadow. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Six fat brown mice raced across the tiles of the hall. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then I hurried my mouse to the corner of the image and clicked, closing it as quickly as I could. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

A large crowd of mice and woodlanders had gathered to witness the epic ascent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Do you ever feel guilty about the way cats torture things? Bugs, mice, flies?” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Remember the rhyme about mice I taught you when you were little?" Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

The avenging mouse swung the sword up high; a million lights flashed from its deadly blade as it struck. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Seeger looked pleased, for she had helped Gordon find information about mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

I was wandering around the Ballroom floor thinking about all this when I spotted another mouse. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“So all I do is show him this medal?” asked the young mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Oh, go away,” the young mouse muttered drowsily. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In a second he was flying upward again, a mouse in his talons. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"All I know is your mother's a good judge of character—and that's a gift she passed on to you. So if something doesn't feel right, trust yourself and run as fast as that mouse." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Mr. Ages was a white mouse who lived across the farm and beyond, in a house that was part of a brick wall. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Hastily the young mouse excused himself and left. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t in the mood for more cat and mouse games. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The king bent over, and if he had been looking at the gang, he could have seen Pinmei through the crack, her eyes fixed upon him like those of a trapped mouse. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They were making him look very big except for one boy who drew a cat that filled up the whole paper and then added a tiny mouse down in one corner. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

They could hear the wood splintering under his teeth—a sound like a mouse in a shed wainscot at midnight. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph was an unusually smart mouse, something he had doubted only once in a while. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The priest stayed with the dead woman so that the mice wouldn’t treat her disrespectfully. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every step I took toward Grand Rapids I could hear the sounds of mouse bones and bug skeletons being busted up by the teeth of bigger things. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby, the head of a family of field mice, lived in an underground house in the vegetable garden of a farmer named Mr. Fitzgibbon. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The ancient mouse placed his paws on his young friend’s shoulders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The community of mice shifted their tails and paws and whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Think about it: He was nothing but two ounces of mouse pushing a spool of thread that weighed almost as much as he did. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I stared at Dr. Fox, the dental mouse. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

The mouse recognized him and sat up, washing his face with his front paws and chattering effusively. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I haven’t seen any signs of mice. I didn’t think we had any.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

At first she wouldn’t talk, wouldn’t even look me in the eye, but she let me hold her mouse, Pinky. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

"He is only a mouse!" cried the king in disdain, while the queen screamed and ran from the throne room in fear. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Fifth graders look like scared little mice at the beginning of the school year. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

Taken unawares, several mice were felled and a mole lay stunned. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“He is a small mouse. How much of the harm can he do?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Oh! Sad little mouse! You do look sick...” The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

As a commander he knew the power of fright, but once they had gained the upper hand in the initial skirmish the mice lost their fear and became bolder. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“I’d rather write a poem than work on your dumb maze for your dumb mouse,” answered Brad. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean lost. A mouse in a trap. He saw dead people passing through the walls. Terrible things in the corners of the streets. Now your great- uncle does not go outdoors.” All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She caught a mouse running over the snow and a squirrel that had ventured from its leaf nest. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

On the table was a Stormbreaker computer and, next to it, a mouse. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The idea took hold of his tiny mouse’s mind. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t call me her butterfly or mouse or anything else this time. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

I was nine, maybe, and eventually even I began to think the mouse wasn't real. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

You put the mouse on your right hand and a little piece of cake on your left hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“The real problem,” said Mr. Curtain, “is that we hear these mice but never see them.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I admit a mouse might or might not come in handy,” said Hazel. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That new electronic mouser that made a noise only mice could hear and sent them screaming into the night? Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

So he was not surprised when it turned out to be excellent, with a fruity taste like eating a peach with the skin on, though naturally the skin was not so nice as the mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph began to worry lest Miss K think up a project to find out if a sock with static cling would adhere to a mouse. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse was surprised to see that old Brother Methuselah had been watching him, his eyes twinkling behind the curious spectacles he invariably wore. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They were hunched like mice near a can fire, not even a stove, on the floor, hungry and irritable. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

She should have gone, silent as a mouse, but something had hold of her. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

As Mr Coombes led her away across the playground, we heard her saying, ‘Right in the jar of Gobstoppers it was! A stinkin’ dead mouse which I will never forget as long as I live!’ Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Do as I tell you!” commanded the mouse urgently. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like the story of the mouse pulling a thorn from the paw of the lion. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

So she was unprepared for the homely little house beside the pond, unprepared for the gentle eddies of dust, the silver cobwebs, the mouse who lived—and welcome to him!—in a table drawer. Tuck Everlasting 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baaz said her name quietly, studying her the way a cat might study a cornered mouse. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

But his existence was cause for much speculation in the mouse community. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the early 1850s, Mendel had tried a more audacious variation of this experiment, starting with white and gray field mice. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Traveling creatures, migratory birds, wandering foxes, rambling squirrels and garrulous hares—they all stopped and chatted with the old mouse, partaking of his hospitality, never dreaming of hurting him in any way. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hazel, however, had remained where he was, looking intently at the mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Weismann had surgically excised the tails of five generations of mice, then bred the mice to determine if the offspring would be born tailless. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Eager mouse, aren't we? You have much more work to do before that." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

As the party walked towards Cavern Hole, Cluny could sense hostility emanating from the young mouse who flip-flopped behind him in overlarge sandals. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A basket of mossy bread in the center of the table was crawling with brown mice. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The nutty curved beak looked as it if were capable of doing damage, but Archimedes looked closely at the mouse, blinked at the Walt, moved nearer on the finger, dosed Ms eyes and leaned forward. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh mighty King, mouse not have more candynuts. Not know ’bout sword thing, not even have belt now. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The sparrow listened intently as the young mouse unfolded the story of Redwall Abbey and the part that he was playing in its hour of need. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He found himself smiling as he turned the blue mouse over in his hands. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Come on, you lot! On your feet! Stand up straight, you mice! Step aside there! Make way for Cluny the Scourge!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Behind it whirred angry mice, angry at having to pick up mud, angry at inconvenience. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then one day Elsbeth came over to play, the mouse appeared by her chair, and she screamed bloody murder. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean kept one eye on Shady but kept the other on Jinx, like a cat waiting for a mouse to steal a piece of cheese so he could devour both at once. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

He was thin, but not skinny, for he lived quite well on the mice and rabbits in the field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

“No, sir. It’s just play. The haystack’s gone. I’m going to drive out the mice to the dogs. And you can watch, or even beat the hay a little.” The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

As though Byrd can read his very mind, she catches Axel, like snake to mouse, in her gaze. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

An hour later, I examined my treasure on the kitchen table: two handfuls of green beans, four stunted crook- neck squash that had been nibbled by mice, and a few sour cherries. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And not far from Cook, in the pantry, atop a bag of flour, slept the mouse Despereaux, dreaming, as you know reader, of knights in shining armor, of darkness, and of light. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

None of the mice had ever competed in any type of violent sport; they were awkward and timid. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

But these were not field mice or house mice or wood mice or harvest mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The ancient mouse sat down at the breakfast table with a small groan. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The floor was entirely covered in straw, owl droppings, and the regurgitated skeletons of mice and voles. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

That meant he could save his five remaining bullets for serious security threats, though he didn’t want a repeat of the nerve- rattling fiasco with the field mouse. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hard work to catch a small mouse. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

But beneath the forest floor is a world honeycombed with the tunnels and runways of small mammals — whitefooted mice, voles, and shrews of various species. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Still the mouse wiggled and twisted, frantically chewing at Cole’s tongue. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Miles, you wanna give me a boost? I think there are mice or something up here. I might be able to see it better.” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Mildred backed away as if she were suddenly confronted by a pack of mice that had come up out of the floor. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z

He separated the crude bacterial debris from the virulent smooth strain, mixed it with the live bacteria of the nonvirulent rough strain, and injected the mix into mice. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He took Stuart’s temperature and found that it was 98.6, which is normal for a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

He took it like it was the tail of a dead mouse. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse was amazed at the weight and strength of Foremole’s paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She looked around and saw two small brown mice on the carpet. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Patience, you young scallywag,” chided the ancient mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We followed her underground like baby mice to the Green Line and the Red Line, until we popped out on a dirty street in crowded Harvard Square. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Before the young mouse could question the old one further, the Joseph Bell tolled out a warning. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was an extraordinary old mouse, who lived with the company of his volumes in the solitude of the gatehouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mouse rose up on its hind legs, sniffing, then ran to the wall, disappearing into a nearly invisible hole in the mortar between the stones. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

A few bold mice were nibbling on them. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I feel like one of those mice in the movie they made from Flowers for Algernon. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Him be gap in wall like old worm mouse say about,” Warbeak chimed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His imagination twitched away from the mouse hunt. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

That night, when the mouse thing started to wear off, my mind went back to the football game, to Scooter, to the tackle. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

It truth, she looked like a woman with two lumps of mouse fur stuck on her face. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” replied Mrs. Little, “and I think we had better start thinking about the poem ‘’Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.’ Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

At the humans’ farm, there were always fat mice in the warm barn. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

They looked at apartments together in West Philadelphia, Ifemelu surprised by the rotting cabinets in the kitchen, the mouse that dashed past an empty bedroom. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At which point he held up a mousetrap dangling the jellied mouse. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

But before I went anywhere, there was a dead mouse to dispose of. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a winter house, such as some field mice move to when food becomes too scarce, and the living too hard in the woods and pastures. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said Antoinette, “you and this council of the mouse. It is a waste of the time in my opinion. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Folding the wings and shutting his eyes tightly, he shouted out with bad grace, “I promise never to kill or eat another mouse or shrew of any type as long as I live, so there!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I told God how much she would have enjoyed hearing the story of Winn' Dixie catching that mouse. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He sat as still as a mouse, in the futile hope that whoever it was might go away after a single attempt. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Despite the heat, Matthias had ordered all the mice to put on their hoods. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse stood tapping his tail in exasperation. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It seemed to be stalking an invisible mouse. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Pi rests his head on my right forearm, making it hard to move the mouse. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

As quiet as mice, we crept outside through the window. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not the shy squeak of a mouse pup. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

They all laughed then, and Joe said, “Do you know what she said today? That a mouse was as important as a buffalo!” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Why do you got to get killed? You ain’t so little as mice.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

In open country he could outdistance any mice that dared follow him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The Abbot studied the wonderment in Matthias’s eyes as he asked him a question, the answer to which the wise mouse already knew. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A mouse couldn’t use a sword but I can. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Next I gathered up the mouse bones that I’d kept in my pockets, realizing I didn’t need to carry them around anymore. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wielding the sword, the young mouse backed off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Two weeks before play night, she told me to catch her a live mouse for Claude Wiggins to drop out of a shoebox in the third act. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Lyra stepped closer to Will when the man said I’m dead, and Pantalaimon fled to her breast as a mouse. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

At the mouse- hole the sleek cats were still. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I am,” replied the man, surprised to be addressed by a mouse in a sailor suit. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

Breaking twigs underfoot, stumbling ineptly from tree to tree, Ragear watched the mouse and fantasized. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The breeze she gets on rainy evenings charms her, and she’s taken a liking to her neighbor’s cat, Chloe, that wanders the halls and is scared of mice. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I watched a TV show where the scientist proudly showed how he could kill little mice by making a certain kind of sudden loud noise. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

And thirteen mice, ashamed for Lester, looked away Reader, can you imagine your own father not voting against your being sent to a dungeon full of rats? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She gave her most elegant little screech of horror, just like a great lady who has seen a mouse. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the mouse had fallen in love with her. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He had never seen a mouse do any such thing. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

They were shunted off to a nanny, who chased them around like naughty mice and fed them beer when she wanted peace. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the first occasion they were lucky enough to find and kill a sick owl that had eaten a mouse that had eaten poison-dressed seed corn. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go, go, go. There will never be another opportunity for a mouse to escape from my kitchen unharmed. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I wisht I could put you in a cage with about a million mice an’ let you have fun.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some kept the excess birds under control; some kept the rabbits from destroying his garden; others cleaned up the rats, mice, and voles. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

It wouldn’t-a been no more surprising if Spangler sprouted wings and flew off to scare mice under the king of England’s chair! The Journey of Little Charlie 2018-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Please,” said his mother, “look for the crumbs. Eat them to make your mama happy. You are such the skinny mouse. You are a disappointment to your mama. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Frisby had heard that Mr. Ages was not truly a white mouse; that is, he had not been born with white fur, but had turned white from old age. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

But the mouse was separate; there was something of Lyra in his expression, but something else too. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

"Shove half-a-dozen cats into that Castle," I cried, "and they'll kill every mouse in the place in five minutes, I don't care how clever they are!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Pst, pst, like a cat luring a mouse from its hole, they goad each other into quarrels and dissent. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Bailey reaches into his pocket and pulls out the bag of chocolate mice and offers it to her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stand and leave the room, quiet as a mouse, the queen's threat stinging like a fresh cut. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A mouse with a needle tied around his waist, a mouse with no tail. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

We had almost forgotten the mice were there, and I was startled to hear that one of them knew my name. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Where but in New York could a mouse have ice in his Coca-Cola?” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thinking caps on again,” said the old mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There seemed to be some disagreement between the old mouse and his two advisers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘She got such a shock when she grabbed hold of the mouse that she dropped everything,’ somebody was saying. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph congratulated himself on being such a handsome mouse and wondered if Matt back at the inn—if he still worked there—would see the picture, recognize, and perhaps miss him. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“He made me mad, always bragging about how smart his mouse is and then trying to make the maze easy.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“What if they only send one of the super-tiny ones, like the mouse?” Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It is not all that difficult to train an intelligent mouse to be an expert tightrope walker provided you know exactly how to go about it. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Trust me, there’s no ghost in that house. Snakes and spiders and mice. Squirrels. Bats. But no ghost—I guarantee it.” The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

I open my laptop and my mouse hovers over a blue folder labeled “Abs.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The badger forestalled the explanation that was upon the young mouse’s lips. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was a sbeep, and then I was a mouse, I couldn’t do anything but bide. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

If you want to live where people are not afraid of mice, you must give up living in palaces. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Reader, if you don’t mind, that is where we will leave our small mouse for now: in the dark of the dungeon, in the hand of an old jailer, telling a story to save himself. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

In the car, my dad drove like a mouse, scurrying down side streets to avoid any people we knew. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

First, he killed the virulent, smooth bacteria with heat, then injected the heat-killed bacteria into mice. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Or a mouse,” said Sticky in a cracked voice. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And some snakes weren’t venomous at all and spent their days eating crickets and mice and finding a nice sunny rock to lie on. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

I’d seen how when a mouse gets grabbed up by a cat, it won’t fight or twitch or do nothing to try to get away. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

But when he mixed the dead material from the virulent strain with live bacteria of the nonvirulent strain, the mice died rapidly. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Other children, if they happened to glimpse Ralph, said, “I saw a mouse that squeaked funny.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse moved steadily backwards away from the talons. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They had searched every room and found no living thing save rats and mice. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

When pregnant mice are treated with this chemical not only do they develop cancer of the lung but their young do, also. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“When we come to conditioned reflexes,” remarked Archimedes sourly, “I prefer to look for a mouse.” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But that woodpile over there is now home to mice and bugs and snakes. And it’s just waitin’ to keep us warm. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The rat was a cunning general, except the times when his mad rage took control of him, but what need of berserk fits for a bunch of silly mice? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And there she crouched, still as a mouse, and tingling all over. The BFG 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I watched the others go ahead of me, I noticed for the first time that one of the mice was white. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

This hole had been made by some mice in the days before the Littles came to live in the house, and nothing had been done about stopping it up. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“Sir, my friend is a lady, a lady mouse.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Our rules say that the quarry across the river is not in shrew territory, mouse. Therefore, we cannot go with you!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Servals lived on mice, but a caracal could bring down an impala. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Norton has eyes like a mean mouse, and he’s the type of kid who thinks everyone’s trying to throw rusty beer cans at him. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The thing looked like a dead mouse lying next to the phone. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dusty, good and quiet as a mouse, followed him. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He looked at me as though watching a field mouse develop the skill of speech. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

He opened his eyes to find a small gray mouse perched on his elbow, working its way toward his wrist. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

The plate of bread sits on the floor outside her door, untouched except by the mouse that nibbles the bread and scurries away at my approach. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

What fun it is to be a mouse doing an exciting job like this! The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The only real things are the cages and the mice and the lab equipment here on the fourth floor of the main building. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

“I have never in my life seen a dog catch a mouse,” said Mrs. Nordley. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Held high in her hand was a mousetrap, with the mouse still in it. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Soon’s it let me go I forgot all that nonsense ’bout mice and cats and I tried to light out for the trees. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He became a mouse and crept away from Lyra’s hand to sniff timidly at the drink in the monkey’s clutch. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Blood dripped from the dozen wounds the mouse warrior had inflicted upon him during the course of their battle. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A squeaking mouse dashed by my toes, followed by a flash of orange fur named Silas. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dragonfly hovered directly above the young mouse, gently stirring his whiskers. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

We knew that certain rats or mice went into certain cages, but we did not know what rut or mouse went into what cagc. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sitting in the purple shadows, I pulled out the mouse bones and worked them between my fingers. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look at the nuts all neatly peeled and recognize the handiwork of a white-footed deer mouse. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still playing cat and mouse with the universe. Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ralph awoke much later when the clock began to grind and groan and slowly, as if in pain, strike eleven, the safe hour for mice to appear. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

HERMIONE: But I like the concept, a pretend mouse for her cat. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z

He squeezed the mouse but was too weak to stop the struggling. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Fellow honored mice,” said the Most Very Honored Head Mouse, and then he looked up from the makeshift table and saw Despereaux. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

One squirt from a water bottle would be enough to deal with them, so why did I feel like a trapped mouse? City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

A boring place for a mouse, Ralph decided, until he discovered something interesting on a bottom shelf behind a big desk. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes wide with terror, he ran straight into the paws of his mouse friend, narrowly missing injury on the sword blade. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Indeed, the entire kingdom, from royalty to servants, viewed the mouse suitor with suspicion and discomfort. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s a lot nicer for a mouse to die from a rattlesnake bite than, say, to be caught by a cat. Cats play with their prey,” said Immie. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

So long as she could kill with a whisper, Arya need not be afraid of anyone . . . but once she used up the last death, she would only be a mouse again. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The cabinet also contains an ancient cracked plate commemorating the World’s Fair in St. Louis, Missouri, and a plastic cup bearing the nose and ears of a mouse. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The next morning, he went out and began carving a mouse into his log instead of going to the pond. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon crept in as a mouse and pushed it as far down as he could, tucking it under the bottom of her reindeer-skin legging. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Then she sprang into the air and jacked straight down, paws over her nose, and emerged with a mouse in her jaws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“All right,” he said, “since you’re so smart, you can make your own dumb maze for your own dumb mouse. I’ll write a poem instead.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Suddenly, he caught sight of me, a little mouse, nestling in my grandmother's hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Secure from attack, living off the fat of the land, in his mind’s eye he saw it all: those mice and the woodland creatures enslaved, living just to serve him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The rats and mice destroyed the farmers’ grain in the fields and in their stores. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Imagine that at the same time the rat steps from the dungeon and into the castle, a mouse is being born upstairs, a mouse, reader, who is destined to meet the light-bedazzled rat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs Jenkins took one look at the fat little brown mouse who was still chewing a bit of banana and she let out a shriek that rattled the crystals on the chandelier. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The doors did not open, but the windows were big enough for a nimble mouse to climb through, and, after all, racing-car drivers did not open their doors. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a rolled rug, its hollow filled with what smell like wood shavings: mice. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I play the rondeau again, and I am Amelia, fifth-grade trombonist, harmony to Madge’s melody, a mouse with a megaphone, shouting, I AM HERE! Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

The last mouse born to his parents and the only one of his litter to be born alive. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The old mouse took a great draught of ale. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The many perches were half-empty; every now and then, another owl would swoop in through one of the windows, returning from its night’s hunting with a mouse in its beak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Cluny tried again, this time whipping the tail speedily at the young mouse’s unprotected legs. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Ben was a mouse, trembling at her neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The rougher mice grabbed the motorcycle and brought Ralph to a halt. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

They nicknamed her Hilde, but her father soon began to call her his “little mouse.” The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

She loped along briskly, moving in the easy, horse-like canter mice use when they are trying to cover ground. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The cricket began to make frantic signs that the mouse should look up and see what was looming over him. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The truth of the matter was, the baby looked very much like a mouse in every way. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

And each time she went outside, she was reminded of the frozen weasel and mouse and bird and deer. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The father mouse held the one small mouse up high. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

There was a wild cheering from the ranks of the mice and woodlanders. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were many gray mice on the island and now that I had food to keep from one meal to the other, I needed a safe place to put it. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse gritted his teeth, willing the brave squirrel onwards. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was a two-ounce mouse alone in a dark, twisting dungeon full of rats. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A chorus of ooh’s and ah’s greeted the arrival of six mice pushing a big trolley. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She and the mouse left the palace and traveled far, far away. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Many of these blacks were as poor as church mice. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Reader, you know that the mice of the castle feared the dungeon. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The small skull crushed, and then the mouse stiffened and quit squirming. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

At one point, gently, oh so gently, the Pea picked up the mouse in her hand. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

They all run after the farmer’s wife, She cut off their tails with a carving knife, Did you ever see such a sight in your life, As three... blind... mice? Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

I think it might embarrass Stuart to hear mice mentioned in such a belittling manner.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The boom from the gun startled Curly almost as badly as it startled the field mouse that was sitting on the tile floor, minding its own business. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dead mouse fell out and rolled dismally across the floor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

My sister and I never talked much, because I only picked riveting shows about duck detectives and mouse detectives so we were riveted. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon tried to be a snake like the other two, but gave up after half a minute and became a mouse instead, and cuddled close against Lyra’s neck. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He noticed that in spite of his worries, Matt did not run the vacuum cleaner near the hems of the curtains, a favorite hiding place of mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

She told me that the first mouse to break the rules would be drowned in a bucket of water by the hall-porter. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

There was no electric light down here, no heating either, or any other comforts, only the quiet tombs and the mice scurrying over the cracked flagstones of the floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

No mouse was going to steal the sword of the serpent. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It looked like a tiny baby mouse, thimble-sized, dead or dying. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

The young mouse backed away as the sparrow released the door. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He was sitting in his laboratory on a dilapidated armchair, the oozing stuffing mined by mice. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

A stunned silence fell on the room at the sight of a dead mouse. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

Fortunately for him, the sun was starting to move southwards, and the otters and mice on the ramparts were clearly visible. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Besides, watching a mouse in a maze was more fun than social studies or spelling. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“The hell with the rabbits. An’ you ain’t to be trusted with no live mice. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You never set traps for mice, do you?” she asked. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

And I liked that because I like mice and rats. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Because of the music, the mouse would find his way to a princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Well, have you nothing to say for yourself, mouse? Where are your manners? Don’t you think you should apologize for leaping into my mouth like that?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No, she would never take Doug's medals, and she would never sell that wonderful clock with the mouse who wears gloves and points to the time. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux, seeing her tears, broke the last of the great, ancient rules of mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Then I have the same weird sensation on my cheek, like a mouse is dancing on my face. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

I was packing my knapsack for school when I noticed it sticking out of my library book—which was about a village of squirrels, or maybe it was mice. When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

I’m a bad mouse, he thought, filled with gloom and guilt. l am a rotten rodent, not my relatives. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

By the lantern lights the two mice made their way back from the lonely chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As the mouse said this, he shuddered, thinking of Gregory and his broken rope, dying, lost in the darkness. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The fat old mouse was bowled completely over. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The snake had killed the mouse in a split second. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

It was a tired little mouse that crawled into bed a few minutes later—tired but ready for sleep at last. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The young mouse, hiding a smile at Basil’s noble pose, said admiringly, “Oh, Mr. Hare, you do look heroic standing like that! Thank you!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The baboons, she discovered, were not above eating baby birds and mice. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The two mice made their way gingerly down the secret staircase. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Charles said harshly, “Say, what you mousing around at?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He’s paralyzed, a mouse in front of the yawning maw of a python. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mouse paws tugged at the hood until her mouth was freer, and she gulped at the frozen air. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Whatever the case, the mouse was bitten by a young viper but devoured—and immediately—by an adult. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It snapped up the mouse, which uttered a forlorn squeak before being hurried off to the crevice in the rocks. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I couldn’t see them. One sounded like a giant, the other sounded like a mouse.” The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The next morning Mr. Tanner reported to Miss K and Miss K reported to her class that no mice had been caught in Mr. Costa’s traps. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Despereaux’s siblings tried to educate him in the ways of being a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The mice made nests in it, but it held up even when it got wet. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jemmy began burrowing like a barn mouse under the moldy straw. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Oliver stealthily slipped the letter under the door, then snuck back down the stairs, quiet as a mouse. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

There were two creatures standing together in the big cavern, a shrew and a mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He had discovered that he could make cards float and he could turn marbles into mice and he could rip up a piece of paper and make it whole again. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The only exposure of the infant mice to urethane was prenatal in these experiments, proving that the chemical must have passed through the placenta. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Make way for the thread!” cried a mouse who was pushing a wooden spool of red thread through the crowd. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She saw Matthias go down under the onslaught of kicks and ran even faster, impeded by mice all around who scattered in panic, thinking they were under mass invasion. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

‘And why would that be, mouse? Why is it that you cannot die?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boy’s laughter now zigzags up and down like a mouse trying to flee and not knowing which way to turn. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

Still, even though it had a mouse-sized bed, it lacked the comfort of the ready-chewed mouse nest in the library. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In honor of her youngest mouse being sent to the dungeon, she had put on a tremendous amount of makeup. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“A guy never knows when he’ll need a mouse in this life.” Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

He found himself foaming and frothing at the mouth as he skittered around frantically trying to find water while one of the maids ran down the hall shrieking, “Mad mouse! Mad mouse!” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

"Of course you are! You know what? I used to be scared of mice." Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

“But I guess Curtis is cute in the same way rodents are weirdly adorable? You know how you’ll see a baby mouse and will be like, ‘Aw, cute!’ On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Methuselah embraced the young mouse as if he were his own son, and as Matthias ascended the ladder, the old mouse called out final instructions to him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I try to picture mice with pimples and long hair. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

The mouse ran to a corner, its claws scratching desperately on the floorboards. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looked disgusting: weak, squirmy, blotchy, pink, like a newborn mouse. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese is classic. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He’d had little luck hunting—the area was teeming with mice and rabbits, but they scampered from Pax’s clumsy attempts to catch them. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Then an owl hooted softly, a field mouse screamed, a rabbit thumped, a dog-fox barked his deep, single lion’s cough, and a bat twittered above their heads. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouse with red thread, ” boomed the voice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Pantalaimon became a mouse to get closer to it, and rested his tiny paws on the edge, his button eyes bright black with curiosity as he watched the needle swing. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

And while the mouse slept, Roscuro put his terrible plan into effect. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He knew Matt would never say a bad word against mice. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

For example, the heron chowing down feral kittens was similar to the herons eating crustaceans, mice, and small birds. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

It looked as if there were two very small mice hiding in his nostrils. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

It felt soft and warm and slightly furry, like the skin of a baby mouse. James and the Giant Peach 1961-11-01T00:00:00Z

We put up a sign to bring the mouse to the public’s attention. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

It flapped down across the young mouse’s face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They found that the rats and mice multiplied because there were no longer any foxes left to hunt them. My Life with the Chimpanzees 1988-03-01T00:00:00Z

Once more the Abbot’s heart softened towards the little mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He sat watching as the old mouse began writing in the dust from the rubble. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mary Alice and I watched like two paralyzed people as the milk rose around the mouse’s furry gray body until his whiskers began to float. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

He was ready to make his escape, but Grandma was saying, “I hope ! have better luck with your milk today than the last batch. I found a dead mouse in your delivery yesterday.” A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile, he had a greater obstacle to overcome than mice: the walls. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

With the dead mouse bunched in his cheek, Cole rested his jaw. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A small brown mouse was running around on the table top... The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

At first it seemed a small thing, a mouse in fact, dressed in a long hooded robe. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“They seem fairly obvious, too. Between Great Hall and Cavern Hole there is a flight of stairs. Come on, old mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And yet there endured the legend that somewhere out over the down there lived a great and solitary rabbit, a giant who drove the elil like mice and sometimes went to silflay in the sky. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

The second hit the prime minister in the hand, his finger less than an inch away from the mouse. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

The young mouse approached the sparrow with trepidation, not wanting to antagonize the moody, dangerous bird. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Some of the mice pulled away from Despereaux in disgust, and others, thrill seekers, reached out to touch him with a whisker or a paw “The princess put a finger on him. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

June said “yes” in a small, squeaky mouse voice. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He was like a cat pouncing on a mouse. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was hot up there, but there were no mice nor worms on the floor when it rained. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

I tell you a wrong, you no like a mouse for more, not a friend a more.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now it was at large in the forests, living off squirrels, mice, and an occasional duck or piglet. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

There is no way you can train mice inside a cage. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I will be known as the mouse who died in the closet for fear of making a sound. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

“Then everybody here gets a taste. Except Marly. She gets two tastes for being good to mice.” Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

Was the viper unaware of the mouse’s special status? Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The steppes, the flat grassland of southeastern Europe, crawled with rats and mice. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

It was strange for only a moment, talking to a mouse. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

He opened the drawer and pulled out the blue mechanical mouse, which he unwrapped carefully. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The other four kittens—Frank, Derek, Spike, and Priscilla—had moved to Finn’s barn, where the mice were now busily dying of despair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“You, a mouse, are going to save the princess?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I laughed along with my sisters when the kitten scolded the mice before they scattered, running in every direction. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

This was a deer mouse, a little creature with big eyes and long hind legs like a miniature kangaroo. The Incredible Journey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse had discovered a path of sorts, skirting the dense underbrush and avoiding patches of marshland. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A New York City woman sent Garfield white mice she thought would amuse him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

It would soon be dark and she could keep her rendezvous with the mouse Abbot at the old stump. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Which it couldn’t be, because the only things that lived in the barn were the mice and the birds. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Immediately the mice on sentry duty were alerted. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"She steals in on little mice feet, but a man hears," he said. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Why is that necessarily any better than being a mouse? The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

He realized that he had slowed up and the mouse was getting closer. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Big Rose was standing in the doorway, fascinated by that mouse. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

He lay injured in the snow until the mice found him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The binding had been eaten by mice; some of its pages were loose and crumpled. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse humored him accordingly, bowing low with a paw at his waist. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As the mouse looked on, Cook put her face into the steam rising from the pot and took a deep breath. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A scratching noise in the corner of the room had woken me, the scrambling feet of a desperate mouse about to become breakfast for a lumpy orange cat. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

As fast as they could run, both mice hurried up the steps to the top of the wall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She jerks back and you hold on like it was a mouse. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I know I’m the one who told you he was a mouse. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Ancient asbestos fibers and mouse grit puffed up around him as the wire tore loose. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Look on that, mouse, ” said Gregory “That is a monument to the foolishness of love. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“You know what, Mr. Curtain? Jackson heard a mouse, too, not half an hour ago. We’re having a real problem with them lately.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There are fossils to be safeguarded, ancient manuscripts; there are pearls, gold nuggets, a sapphire as big as a mouse. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I must be getting smart to beat a smart mouse like Algernon. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Every other classroom in Camillo Junior High had fish or hamsters or gerbils or mice. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The stockman’s zeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

MMO players could only see these online environments through a small two-dimensional window—their desktop computer monitor—and they could only interact with it by using keyboards, mice, and other crude input devices. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I’m telling you, Jackson,” said S.Q.’s voice, “it was probably a mouse.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You must promise on your oath that if I win you will never eat another mouse or shrew of any type.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The little blue windup mouse Hugo had taken fell from his hand, skidded across the counter, and landed on the floor with a crack. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The fabric of the sofa-bed had been nibbled by mice or rats. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

“We are not going to keep those baby mice, Marly, and that’s that,” she said. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

I’ve seen many surprising friendships during my life: a pony and a toad, a red-tailed hawk and a white-footed mouse, a lilac bush and a monarch butterfly. Wishtree 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

It was a heroic-looking mouse with a fearless smile on his handsome face. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“No wait owl. But a what I like a say. You ’elp a mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

I would have to appoint one of the Outside Cats to clear the mice out. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

They walk in loops around the circus, sipping their cocoa and munching on chocolate mice and the sugary cinnamon pastry things, which are just as good as promised. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

The mouse became nervous and, after the manner of his kind, began to say what he thought the rabbits would like to hear. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

It might be a mouse hiding under a leaf, a squirrel twitching its tail on a tree trunk, a blue jay calling from a bramble bush. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Majesty, that good belt. Make King look fine, like mighty warrior. Not look so good on mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Aggo gave an urchin a copper for a skewer of honey- roasted mice and nibbled them as he rode. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The Dodgers led throughout most of the game, but everyone knew the Yankees were luckier than mice in a cheese factory. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The likeness of the warrior mouse was jiggling about as though it were being tugged in some way. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Carter had been waiting for a moment like this for months, his hands itching for action in the storage room instead of sitting there week by week as Archie played his little cat-and- mouse games. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then, they repeated the experiment, but they replaced the food with something that gave the rat or mouse intense pleasure. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

She did not meet his eyes, instead watching a mouse scurry along the floor. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

Like a seasoned fighter, the young mouse chose to nominate the time and place of combat. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

In Pennsylvania fish have been killed in numbers by endrin, used in orchards to combat mice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Sasha played a mouse, dressed in a black leotard with fuzzy ears and a tail, performing her part while an ornate sleigh drifted through the swelling orchestral music and showers of glittering fake snow. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” the mouse answered, and scooted across the station floor. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The catacombs have swallowed me as a python swallows a mouse. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

One minute, everything was quiet and serious and the preacher was going on and on and on; and the next minute, Winn-Dixie looked like a furry bullet, shooting across the building, chasing that mouse. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Screechers and the like. Rats and mice, too.” Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

Professor McGonagall watched them turn a mouse into a snuffbox — points were given for how pretty the snuffbox was, but taken away if it had whiskers. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Harry looked at Tucker—a long look, as if he expected the mouse to say something. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The tiny mouse ate the shred of cheese, sniffed for more. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

And on the other end of the sofa, their older sister, Vivienne, stared at the television screen, her eerie, split-pupiled gaze fixed on the cartoon mouse as it ran from the cartoon cat. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

So the mouse raised his head and squared his shoulders and pushed the spool of thread forward again, into the kitchen, where he saw, too late, that there was a light burning. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Bravely and elaborately he gathered all the mice into his hands. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The grasses seeded and were harvested by the mice and the winds. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, Chester,” wailed Tucker Mouse, “don’t say that! You’ll make me feel like a rat. And I’m only a mouse.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Better established is Lyme disease, caused by a spirochete that we get from the bite of ticks carried by mice and deer. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“The mice have a message for you,” he whispered. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He tried to whip up his enthusiasm with thoughts of the fat juicy mice. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leaning toward the mirror, she glued the mouse fur onto her own eyebrows, making them bushy and thick as the fashion required. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It has been said that if you see one mouse, there are twenty-five mice hiding that you don’t see.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

How could a mere mouse take the sword from this adder that Dunwing had described? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Cluny the Scourge says he will not deal with badgers, he will only speak with the leaders of the mice. Let us in, so that my Chief may sit and talk to your Chief.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Someone had entered the room behind her, moving on soft padded slippers quiet as a mouse. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

There was also a slow woo-woo-woo sound from a barn owl hid out waiting for a mouse to make a mistake. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

He studied it for a moment, then turned to the old mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse rushed headlong back to the nest, rummaged in the haversack and found a stout climbing rope. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

New Guineans old and young routinely eat mice, spiders, frogs, and other small animals that peoples elsewhere with access to large domestic mammals or large wild game species do not bother to eat. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Not all the field mice move into the garden for the winter, of course. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The men didn’t seem that fond of fried mice either. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The mice began again to chant: “To the dungeon. To the dungeon. To the dungeon. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The boy’s mouse dæmon was squealing and screaming as she cowered behind his feet. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Your Aunt Clara give you a rubber mouse and you wouldn’t have nothing to do with it.” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Daintily she stabbed the mouse through the back and drew it wriggling to her and her tail flicked with tense delight. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You look like a mouse in a trap,” said Harry Cat. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kindly old mouse shook his head and held up a conciliatory paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As they went the young mouse muttered to himself. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I choose my doll, once lent to a neighbor who left it outside, where mice bit her left cheek and right thumb. Inside Out and Back Again 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

Cluny had taken a vow while he lay injured: never again would he allow himself to be thwarted by mice and woodland creatures. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“And you dare doubt the word of our Abbot that Cluny the Scourge exists? What idiotic mice you are, to be sure.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Yeah," she said, "sure. We can go next year. That will give my mouse and bird friends plenty of time to make me a dress. Totally. Yes. Let's go to prom." Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“I will name him. Yes. I will name this mouse Despereaux, for all the sadness, for the many despairs in this place. Now, where is my mirror?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The wind in the grass, the big slate sky over the dunes, the house infested with mice and falling down, lull of candles and dirt and music. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded at Methuselah, the ancient gatekeeper mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

No doubt the mice would be interested to learn of his scheme to attack the main gate with a battering ram. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

But Lolo is telling a lie, and it makes it feel as though mice are running around in my stomach. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He could not persuade himself that a “beneficent & omnipotent God” would have created parasites and would have cats play with and torture mice. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Miss K suggested he could go to the library, look up facts about mice, and write an essay about them. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Good Lord, so I did! Er, just four flagons, thank you, my good mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Along with the birds, foxes also may have been affected, probably indirectly by eating poisoned mice or birds. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I was still in the rear, and when I opened my eyes again I saw one of the mice sliding past me, clawing uselessly with his small nails at the smooth metal beneath him. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“No crumbs left behind. The last thing we need is a mouse infestation down here.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

A white-footed mouse walked over my woodpile as if it were his. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

One mouse, or even two or three, could get by. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And upstairs in the castle, the princess had met a mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

And when the mouse tried to get away, Winn-Dixie put his paw right on the mouse’s tail. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

But you must, when you are calculating the odds of the mouses success, factor in his love for the princess. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

From somewhere up ahead the young mouse could hear the sound of dripping water; the musical echoing plops made an eerie noise in the sinister stillness of the passage. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was red and yellow plastic, decorated with pictures of tiny smiling mice. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

And it was in this way that Despereaux became the only mouse sent to the dungeon whom the rats did not reduce to a pile of bones and a piece of red thread. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The game entailed using a computer mouse to direct a virtual tank through a battlefield. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse unpinned Basil’s medal from his tunic. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Give me my sword, mouse, and I will make your dying easy!” he hissed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

First the big grayling, then the sighting of the cart; large happenings for a small mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Roaches here, mice, flies, lice and even a snake or two. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

But peace was not easy to come by when the mouse warrior visited his dreams once more. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His cousins had left more toys scattered on the stairs: a wooden mouse, a toy theatre, some paper dolls. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

He knew he was really a smart mouse. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Such tiny things! I thought you were mice,” said Tyr’s grandmother, and when she spoke it sounded like a crowd of people shouting. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Not this drum of the council of the mouse. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Goodness,” said the Angora cat, “you mean to say you live in the same house with a bird and a mouse and don’t do anything about it?” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

“What did the cat say to you, mouse?” he rasped. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse was assailed by gnawing doubts. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Summertime, when children were sent to the fields to help plant and weed, was peak season for rats and field mice. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

“We really did write to the paper,” said Brad, “and the superintendent really did investigate mice at our school, sort of.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Cluny’s only hope was that the mice would become overconfident and eventually make a mistake. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I saw at once that she was the one who had reported me to the manager for keeping white mice. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The others are braced in darkness, peopled by roaches and mice. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the cluttered study the old mouse produced a yellowed volume. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Don’t ‘mercy’ me,” he thundered on, leaning over me so that I felt no more than a tiny mouse. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

As far as I can tell, most of what she did today was snap her tongue at passing butterflies and a mouse or two. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“Someone who writes stories for the Cucaracha Voice heard about our mouse exhibit and wants to write it up for the paper. She is going to come Friday afternoon and bring a photographer.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

"You are a human in mouse's clothing. You are very special." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

I want it to be an animal—a mouse or, skies, even a rat. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

Undeterred by cobwebs and filth and the rustle of mice burrowing into hiding places, she opened cupboards and investigated rusted cans of food, chipped china, dented pots and pans, empty bottles and jars. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

"Did you know," Matilda said suddenly, "that the heart of a mouse beats at the rate of six hundred and fifty times a second?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

With that he slunk off, cursing all mice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hugo thought about the little mechanical parts inside the mouse, as well as the other toys that he had stolen and used to fix the automaton. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The members of the Mouse Council sat atop three bricks piled high, and spread out before them was every mouse, old and young, foolish and wise, who lived in the castle. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Cornflower, along with other woodland creatures granted sanctuary, was sleeping in makeshift quarters provided by the good mice of Redwall. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Matthias smiled politely and addressed the odd mouse, “Hello there! Beautiful afternoon, isn’t it?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“No mouse, no matter how small or obscenely large-eared, is ever born with his eyes open. It simply isn’t done. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“They furl their sails at double-time, then off they go,” he said, “into the city like mice into grain.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, man, I just stopped talking altogether. Quiet as a church mouse.” Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

A furry animal the size of a field mouse, but with eyes and ears as big as a chinchilla’s, scurries over my left boot to nibble on leaves. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

“You know, Matthias, for a mouse that claims affinity with Martin the Warrior, you can be singularly foolish sometimes.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Hoping she was hungry enough to eat on her own, Sam took a deer mouse out of the pocket of the rain-drenched suit. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

The mice and woodland creatures shuffled their feet and gazed at the floor. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

At night, the mice and toads looked at me, their eyes quick stars and slow stars. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Madam opened an envelope and shook out two gray strips of mouse fur, each cut into an arch. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was terrifically funny to hear the voice of the rather loud-mouthed Bruno coming out of that tiny mouse's throat. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Reaching up behind himself, the mouse felt around until he grasped the sparrow’s leg. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And I squeaked like a frightened baby mouse and hurried for the stairs. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Once she saw a mouse in her room. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The heart of a mouse," she said, "and that means your heart, is beating at the rate of five hundred times a minute! Isn't that amazing?" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Roughly she dragged the mouse by the lead from the chamber. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Miss K, how are they going to investigate the school for mice?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

It was a mouse outside in the hall. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

The mouse mother held a handkerchief to her nose and then waved it in front of her face. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I have chocolate mice,” Bailey says, pulling the bag out of his pocket. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

He moved about his own palace like a mouse. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

“How many field mice say that every night, I wonder? You know the call’s deceptive. It’s meant to be.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chickenhound lay thinking about what the kindly old mouse had said. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Instead of the mold smell, I now breathe a mixture of fresh paint and what I eventually identify as mouse droppings. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why, you mouse—you nasty cur. With goodness all around you—don’t you dare suggest a thing like that! Why is your sorrow more refined than my sorrow?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The doctor was delighted with Stuart and said that it was very unusual for an American family to have a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

They plow afield and they slaughter the mice living there with no warning. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

She held it up and shouted, "In this tiny bottle is five hundred doses of Mouse-Maker! Is enough to turrrn five hundred children into mice!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Alone with his bitter thoughts about the ungrateful shrews, the young mouse finally dozed off. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Trying to get rid of it altogether is like trying to stamp out mice, you know? The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sounded like a mouse compared with him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

My dad was like a thirteen-thousand-pound elephant freaking out over an itty-bitty African pygmy mouse. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

A tiny little voice, no louder than the squeaking of a mouse, came out of the television set. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z

Hugo wrapped up the mouse and returned it to the drawer. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

It was the story of the cat that raised mice. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In science class, Mr. Z. told us about an experiment where they got this rat or mouse, and they put this rat or mouse on one side of a cage. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

The two mice clung to the screen itself; some of us braced ourselves behind them, in case they should slip. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Both mice crashed against the wall, and for a few moments they lay stunned. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

But the mice—with equal and obdurate consistency—had been born with tails perfectly intact, generation upon generation. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Anyhow, how was I supposed to know he had his old mouse in his pocket?” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Arya would wait until she heard him snoring, then creep barefoot up the servant's stair, making no more noise than the mouse she'd been. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

In other places, I’d seen kids who followed their leader like blind mice, right into the carving hands of the farmer’s wife. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

It was warm with the fresh scent of many mice. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

“I wasn’t scared for myself. But I thought cats and mice were enemies.” The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wanted to believe that the Ganges would make Hari better, but when I looked at Hari, my hope slipped away like a frightened mouse into a dark hole. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

None of them, that is, until suddenly, one memorable afternoon, we found the dead mouse. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

Let the mice fight the rats and the rats fight the mice; what did he care? Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Then, as Ralph had hoped, the little mice must have moved upstairs, where they would be unable to taunt him about losing his motorcycle. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Fake Uncle whistles happily, gripping my shoulder as tight as an eagle I saw on TV once, holding on to a squirming mouse. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

He drew the line at mice, but didn’t mind giving peas a chance. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Down in the cellar there are shelves and shelves of white rats and black mice, special ones that aren’t wild. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Well, an ordinary mouse only lives for about three years," she said. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Spreading his wings to their incredible length, Snow screeched, “I’ll bet anything. Whatever you say, mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

They stood, the three mice, two with hoods and one without, and contemplated the abyss before them. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure Ralph is the only mouse here. He could have done all those things by himself.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“But as Ruth says, Madeline has some strange ways about her. From the time she was a child, she was timid as a church mouse.” How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

It took all the young mouse’s courage to let go of the rope and grab for the thin curving edge. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"If you really want to know," she said, "I'm afraid a mouse doesn't live for a very long time." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

The animals all caught up in this dance together, mice and men. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isn’t it ridiculous to think that a mouse could ever forgive anyone for such perfidy? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mig bent her head and looked at the mouse slowly sinking to the bottom of the glass cup. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Hurry, get the six best field and harvest mouse archers! Those birds have got to be stopped immediately.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The dormouse felt the good food turn to ashes in his mouth at the thought of his betrayal of fellow mice, but there was no alternative if he wanted to save his family. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Catching this mouse would be better than a dozen worms or a hundred bugs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

I nudged the mouse and the screen flickered on. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

And their love, so immortal a moment ago, died in an instant like a little mouse. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

He could still feel the gorgons’ claws pressing into his arms and smell their snaky breath—like dead mice and poison. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

"Not a mouse stirring," said the other, fairly shouting. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

It was a clear but plaintive call, the voice of a mouse. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The only babies I have ever seen right after birth are baby mice. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

By late afternoon, both boys had carved mice into their logs. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

“Friday is an excellent day for retiring,” said the mouse. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The King of the Sparra folk sat staring at the young mouse in silence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Mi perrito is a chihuahua — Smaller than a cat, Bigger than a rubber mouse. Neighborhood Odes 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

As expected, the bacterial remnants had no effect on the mice: they were dead and unable to cause an infection. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

And as Despereaux stood before them with the red thread around his neck and the fourteen members of the Mouse Council perched on the bricks above him, two burly mice came forward. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

If he had been an ordinary mouse without a motorcycle, all his little relatives would not have come flocking into the lobby. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The building has a festive air: its usual smells of Dustbane and furniture polish and mouse droppings and snakes mingle with other smells, of winter clothing, cigarette smoke, and women’s perfume. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

With wild yells very uncharacteristic of peaceful mice, the friends seized their staves and charged out, fired with new zeal. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Waiters were attacking the mice with chairs and wine-bottles and anything else that came to hand. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Number five was that he could catch mice with' out squishing them to death. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looked at the word, and the picture of a gray mouse scampered through her mind. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I had always counted on these friends to loan me the adhesive of my choice, but then, seemingly overnight, their Scotch tape and rubber cement were gone, replaced with odorless computers and spongy mouse pads. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

Now, unless this was a mouse the size of a bear, someone was trying to break into our apartment! When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

‘A mouse is but one step removed from a rat. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

"My darling child," she said slowly, "I do believe that turning you into a mouse has doubled your brain-power!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If only he could get the mouse at close quarters and stop him from using the sword, Cluny thought, then he could win with his superior strength. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Rabbits and snakes, pheasants and mice...all creatures killed. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The young mouse ran, pushing the vole in front of him and calling out: “Run, keep going, Mr. Vole! Try to make it to the woods and hide.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Bristle’s swift paw swept out and raked the doomed mouse to her jaws. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

"But you are not an ordinary mouse. You are a mouse-person, and that is a very different matter." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

My voice was as small as a mouse. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“What a calm, efficient young mouse Cornflower is,” the Abbot remarked to Constance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Still moving quickly, and panting for breath, the young mouse gasped, “Matthias mouse, Warrior of Redwall Abbey. The medal belongs to my friend Basil Stag Hare. He sends his compliments, Cap’n, sir.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Everybody still poor as church mice, yet more or less content. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes there were long silences, when he heard nothing but the mewing of the cat Millicent, or the squeaking of a mouse she had caught. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

“Papa,” the Pea said when the music was over, “I am going to keep this mouse. We are going to be great friends. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

On one side of the young mouse the gifts from Squire Julian Gingivere, Captain Snow and the shrews were piled high; on the other was his sword, reflecting the rays of the afternoon sun. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Scipio stood next to the open drawer and watched Victor like a mouse would watch a cat. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Max moves the mouse like it’s a living thing. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The young mouse had set a scorching pace, marching through the night from the far borders of Mossflower Wood. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had thought herself many things before—a scared mouse, a quiet girl, a coward—but never a storyteller. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Oh, I know that Martin was a warrior mouse, but those were wild days when strength was needed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Matthias took a group of Redwall mice to instruct in the use of the quarter staff—he had discovered in himself a natural skill with the long ash pole. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It makes a noise only mice can hear and drives them out of the building in a hurry.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

There was a rustling behind them and Dustfinger spun around, but it was only a mouse scurrying over the quiet yard. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The young squirrel suddenly began to relate the saga of the Late Rose Summer Wars to the baby mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I was almost starting to enjoy this kid, like I was the cat and he was my mouse. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

But she said she could never forgive us kids and didn’t want us in her house any longer, even if we stayed in the basement and kept as quiet as church mice. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Will you lot shut up? The mouse has the stone.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I see Franz the glocken boy pick up a dead mouse and gently tuck it inside a wall hole and then carefully place thick, green leaves over the opening. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

She came over and stood between the two mice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He would have to sneak past the mouse- hating Cook now. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I told him I had a friend called Algernon once but he was a mouse and we use to run races together. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the left pocket was a kitchen knife, the same knife that Miggery Sow had used to cut off the tail of a certain mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

A mouse so rarely had something he could call his own. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

He knew that Gracie Hall, like most old buildings in Hyde Park, had mice. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Kuckenbacker’s pupils have informed the editor that the mouse exhibited in her classroom was not captured as reported but was instead a pet of Ryan Bramble, a member of the class.’” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

We went up to the 5th floor to another room with lots of cages and animils they had monkys and some mouses. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

"That would give each and every witch down there a double dose at least. We could turn them all into mice." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

If the mouse has a good sense of balance, and most of them have, he will get across easily. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

They harried and harassed iron monsters like hawks scattering mice. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Stuff came falling onto the back steps: socks, shirts, jocks, towels, candy wrappers, pizza crusts, Cheerios, mouse... Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

"Nobody welcomes a mouse in the kitchen. If they see you, they'll squash you to death." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Spidery arms gently rake through the bed in advance of the blade, scaring off any mice that might find their way into the salad. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

All mice dis­appeared down the vipers’ gullets at the usual rate. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Now that we are both mice, I think we ought to start thinking a bit about the future." The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

On top of the wall the mouse archers kept up their relentless hail of arrows into the ditch. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“It’ll be easier to show you. If I’m wrong, I’m wrong, and we can go back to running around the Maze like mice.” The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

“I am not so sure a sock would really cling to a mouse,” said Gordon, a thoughtful boy always interested in facts. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The mouse skitters close, nibbling from its hands. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

The cow has a smooth body and a face that looks much like that of a mouse, with a sharp-pointed nose and whiskers, but the bull is different. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“At the end of this shelf there’s a big cabinet—they keep the mouse cages in it. It has wire mesh doors. You can climb up and down them like a ladder.” Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every one of them—small mice and big rats and the opossum. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Cluny did not relish meeting with it—he could not tell why—but the mouse kept getting closer to him. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was a huge solid oaken thing that no dozen mice could even move. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He made me a ghost instead of a mouse. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The little mice would not accept this excuse. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The three mice traveled across marble floors and under heavy velvet drapes. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Most of the house was shut up, the furniture draped with heavy white cloths to keep the worst of the dust off, the skittering sound of mice echoing hollowly whenever Ophie opened a door. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Aneroid was driving with everything he had, and Seabiscuit was just jogging with him, a cat batting a stunned mouse. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bed was as empty as the stairs, its sheets frayed by mice. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

While the hedgehog and the mouse were chatting, Silent Sam was never still for a second. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The young mouse stood with his paws folded, an expression of disgust upon his features. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She had a key to my door and she kept bursting in at all hours, trying to catch me with the mice out of the cage. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

“If only I could be like Martin the Warrior. He was the bravest, most courageous mouse that ever lived!” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

I’m up to the part where Charlie realizes that the mouse’s fate may be his own when I hear a loud rumbling noise outside. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

On the very first morning after our arrival, the chambermaid was making my bed when one of my mice poked its head out from under the sheets. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Out of habit, she almost declared the book so she could get double points, but—thinking of Babbage poaching her books—she pulled her finger back from the mouse right before she clicked. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

That would leave the mouse with a half dollar, a quarter, a dime, a nickel, and three cents. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

She eased up the spring, and the mouse dropped straight in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Hugo didn’t know why the old man had kept the blue mouse. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

“Good mouse. Right, cut along, young un. I’ll see you when I deliver my charges back to the Abbey.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

For all she knew, and for all Nicodemus knew, they were likely to turn out to be quite different from other mice, and they had a right to know the reason. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

His happiness, it turned out, was because he had killed seven mice and was feeling very proud—not to say pumped up and gladiatorial. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

The cook must have started taking his trousers right off because now they were shouting, "It's not in there! There's no mice in there, you silly twerp!" The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

After a decent interval the young mouse spoke to her, “You go to King’s room all lotta time.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And peeking out from behind a dusty velvet curtain, looking in amazement at the scene before them, are four other mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

She drove her mouse friend relentlessly to his feet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“And I’ve never seen a mouse yet that didn’t like to go into a hole.” Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The Magpie was watching her like a cat playing with a young and inexperienced mouse. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

When he was high above the young mouse, he dropped like a stone, right on target. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The room smelled of pecans, must, and mouse. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

But the mouse tail, covered as it was in oil, was slick and difficult to hold on to and Mig, in reaching for the knife, loosened her grip, and Despereaux fell to the floor. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Behind him he could hear the gatehouse bolts being withdrawn amid the shouts of angry mice. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

With a cry of joy the young mouse started running forward, only to be restrained by the phantom figure of the first apparition. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The daring outdoor mice waded out to grab the motorcycle, but Ralph was quick. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel spoke again and the mouse began suddenly to run toward him as the kestrel turned and slid sideways and downward. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She found that mouse ear and willow can help stop bleeding and that a tea of anise and dill and bitter milkwort will help when milk will not come. The Midwife's Apprentice 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He flung Basil’s medal at the young mouse’s feet. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The mouse held one small paw up in front of his whiskers. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

‘Absolutely delightful. A mouse is going to kill a rat. Oh, all of this is much better than I anticipated. I love it when mice come to the dungeon. ” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Next you are going to ask me where to find the great sword of the warrior mouse.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“Say,” he said, “you don’t suppose there are already mice in this place.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

And finally, I prayed for the mouse, like the preacher suggested. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I never did get drunk, but I got after the hash like a mouse at cheese. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“That young mouse is on my mind as well as hers and yours.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The lion saved the mouse, and as the story continued, the mouse saved the lion in return. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

While Ralph sat brooding behind the books, he was not forgotten by Room 5, who found the problems of a mouse much more interesting than making sentences out of spelling words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

Under Cushing, John studied pituitary syndromes in dogs and mice and contemplated X-ray irradiations of humans. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

A mouse died in the wall and the stench is overwhelming. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

Will stared back, and the dæmon became a mouse once more and crept into Lyra’s pocket. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought I heard mice in the kitchen. I’m afraid there will be white of egg on the boys’ pillows. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

He had decided to nibble it like a tiny mouse. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It reminded him of the kestrel on Watership Down which had pounced into the mouth of the hole and missed the mouse. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet Johns abstract warnings of the perils of the unshielded cyclotron had less visceral impact on the staff than the fate of the very first mouse he irradiated with neutrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

George stood up and threw the mouse as far as he could into the darkening brush, and then he stepped to the pool and washed his hands. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Teddy moved a folder on his desk slightly to the right so it would line up with his mouse pad. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Even in a world as strange as this one, a mouse and a princess cannot marry But, reader, they can be friends. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

Delicately sensing decay at last, the regiments of mice hummed out as softly as blown gray leaves in an electrical wind. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He glared at the cat, then at the mouse holding the sword. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

She laughed when it seemed as if the mouse was about to get eaten. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

“I know of everything that moves within my territory, mouse. Yes, I do know of Asmodeus. I also know where he calls home. Why do you ask?” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

And then, reader, as he stood before the king, a wonderful, amazing thought occurred to the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Hushpuppy must be looking for a mouse for his dinner,” Polly said to Tidbit. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Inside we could hear the faint rasping as the two mice tugged on the bolt handle, working it back. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Just enough for the neck,” muttered the mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

He was as poor as a church mouse. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

He closed the cupboard silently, and then, with Asta as a mouse, listened as hard as he could outside the nursery. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Blending into the dark—mouse gray, mouse still—as The Beast approaches I bunch myself to jump. Beast Rider 2019-03-01T00:00:00Z

Isannah, her bright curls in wild array, flew into the courtroom, seeming, like a mouse, to run without feet. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Listen to the mouse,” he said and gave Tucker a pat on the back that sent him rolling over and over. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Have you saved any of the other mice?” The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

James dropped into a chair and shook the mouse to wake up the computer. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Realizing that he was up against two big, competent mice who would stand no nonsense, he became abusive and bad-mouthed. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

There were a few dead mice scattered around, which only reminded me of the dead old ladies. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I am the stag, the mouse, and the fly that are eaten! A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

She hits him hard enough to send the wireless mouse flying from his hand across the room. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

She heard my father say, “We have a mouse.” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

We had been standing in a rough circle on the floor of the laboratory, just outside the two screen doors that enclosed the mice cages. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

The noise was enough to unnerve the bravest mouse. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

“Or a mouse. Hey, for twenty-five bucks you can buy a full-grown mouse.” Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

“A mouse, hm? That’s probably it. A lot of students have complained about mice in their ceiling lately. I suppose we’ll have to put out some traps.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

And then, something incredible happened: The mouse fell in love. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I know that mice get hunted and they sometimes get poisoned or caught in traps. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Dunwing and her daughter led the dancing mouse off to their nest at the rear of the court under the farthest eaves. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Elle turned her attention back to the computer and hovered the mouse over files with the name Wheeler in them. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

“Don’t look now,” he said to her, “but there’s a mouse behind you and he’s got a crossbow.” Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

“Perhaps he catches mice and rats,” I suggested helpfully. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Helena was sitting up in bed, hair combed and in my clean nightgown, and he chucked her chin and listened to her lungs and said she was a mouse and a little fairy. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Kiki says, “Who knew Amelia the mouse could be so loud!” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

She sounded like a mouse compared with him. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Wearing the red thread of death” was a terrible phrase, but the mouse didn’t have long to consider its implications, because he was suddenly pushed from behind by the hooded mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The old mouse winked at Matthias gleefully as he adjusted his glasses. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The April sun, weak but determined, shone through a castle window and from there squeezed itself through a small hole in the wall and placed one golden finger on the little mouse. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

I kicked at the boxes, which scattered the mice. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Leaving the injured Shadow to the mice, Cluny sped off across the road. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

As things got worse they ate their horses, dogs, and cats, and then any rat, mouse, or snake they could catch. Blood on the River 2006-05-04T00:00:00Z

He bred mice by the thousands, hoping to prove Galton right. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

Where were Mother and Grandfather and the dead mouse that flew out the window a hundred—a thousand—years ago? Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Every mouse should end up in a trap so nice,” said Tucker. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looking out, he saw the mouse following him. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was very small and Harrenhal was very large, full of places where a mouse could hide. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

Absolutely But he spoke up anyway “Sir?” the mouse said to the king. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

As I walked, the ridiculous words drummed themselves into my head over and over again, rising to the rhythm of a buzzing noise: Three blind mice... three blind mice, See how they run! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Matthias rapped out a curt command, “Leave us, mice. Go back to your duties on the wall.” Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

It was the old snapping kind, the kind Ma used back home to bait the mice with globs of peanut butter. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Because a mouse is not a king’s man here to punish me for making soup. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

For what seemed like a long time, me and Otis ran around trying to catch mice and gerbils and hamsters and snakes and lizards. Because of Winn-Dixie 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe if there are other mice and we can catch Ralph again, we could find him a girlfriend and have a mouse wedding.” Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

The young mouse gripped his staff tightly, his back to his charges, facing down the road in the direction the hay cart had taken. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The stove in there was called a Franklin, after Benjamin Franklin, who invented it with the help of a mouse—which Marly told Joe right away. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

The maester looked like a mouse as well, with his grey robes and little brown mustachio. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

She was a French mouse who had arrived at the castle long ago in the luggage of a visiting French diplomat. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

My only drawback is that I look something like a mouse. Stuart Little 1945-10-17T00:00:00Z

The ancient mouse refused to say more until they were safely inside his gatehouse study with the door firmly shut. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“What you want of a dead mouse, anyways?” Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cole lay motionless as the skittish mouse ventured across his forearm and sniffed at his wrist, then inched onto his upturned palm. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Ralph, who came from a long line of intelligent mice, knew that most of his relatives had learned to avoid traps and poisons. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

In turn, the princess told the mouse fairy tales, drew him pixelated portraits, and made him little crayon drawings. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

A small bird here, a skittish mouse—nothing more. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She won’t talk to either Tim or me. Not a word. Just sits trembling in the comer like a frozen mouse.” Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

She had conquered her fear of the ghosts Clara would invoke and the mice in the countryside, but earthquakes shook her to her bones and long after they had passed she was still trembling. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cat and the mouse had to make several trips back and forth between the drain pipe and the newsstand, carrying the money in their mouths. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

They had pulled aside the curtains and were watching a couple of mice scuttling in the shadows on the other side of the street. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Three blind mice... three blind mice, See how they run! Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Long years and much mental strain had taken their toll on the ancient mouse. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

A bedraggled youngish mouse held up a timid paw. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The little foxes eating the nice little chickens and baby mice. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

One morning, as she read, a mouse appeared on the table. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

These mice had been born in the laboratory and for all their lives they had been kept free of all germs. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Honestly, reader, what do you think the chances are of such a small mouse succeeding in his quest? The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Could that mouse of a maester be doing this? Maesters know spells and other tricks. He might be using one to poison me, hoping I will let him cut my hand off.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I don’t know what it was that gave them intense pleasure, but I am guessing it is some kind of rat or mouse nip. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

He even told how he ate the mouse. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

Together, the three mice traveled down, down, down. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

With a triumphant shout the young mouse disappeared completely into the hole. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

His excitement made it hard to stay perfectly still, but at last a mouse came to the entrance and tested the air. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Sometimes she thought they were all mice within those thick walls, even the knights and the great lords. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

The other mice of the council leaned forward, straining to make some sense of the word that the Head Mouse had just uttered. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The mouse and the cat put all the different courses over to one side with the soft drinks so everyone could just go up and help himself. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his fevered dreams the young mouse wandered through dark caverns. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

"Bruno is a mouse," my grandmother said, calm as ever. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

All the mice took a solemn vow never to harm another living creature, unless it was an enemy that sought to harm our Order by violence. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

“The thread, the thread, the thread,” murmured the mice. The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup and a Spool of Thread 2003-08-25T00:00:00Z

The room was warm and quite small but entirely free of dirt, vermin, and mice. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

These were old carrots, some half eaten already by mice or fly. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mouse came out of its den and chewed on a grass seed. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

She sent it loose and the loops unwound between her gloves as the rope shot out like a snake she had once seen unwind itself in pursuit of a mouse frozen in terror. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Her crow hunted mice these lean days with more savage intentions than when merely keeping them away from his family of humans. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

In fact, just as one mouse or one fruit fly isn’t terribly useful for research, most individual cell lines and tissue samples aren’t worth anything on their own. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

The dude screamed, just like women do with a mouse in cartoons, only louder. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“My mouse dance taught me that a mouse is persistent and bold,” he said. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

But when he opened his mouth the first line sallied forth sounding like a mouse being squeezed to death by a king snake. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z