#Minnie little women how to

Thus Minnie's whole form shrank, until she was no taller than squirrel himself, and not half so stout, and her hands were as tiny as his paws. Did you ever drop a kid glove into boiling water? It will keep its former shape, but shrink together so as to be hardly large enough for a doll. Minnie had only half believed what the squirrel said, and was surprised and almost frightened when she felt herself growing smaller in every limb. 'Dare? yes, indeed! who's afraid?' She ate the leaves at a mouthful. Do you dare to taste it?' and he tossed the green sprig into Minnie's lap. 'The same weed that made me talk like a little girl, will make you grow small as a squirrel. 'But I should frighten the squirrels, I'm so large!' and Minnie stood on tip-toe, to let him see what a great girl-as indeed she was, beside a squirrel! We haven't any master, and the whole world's our play-ground the deep earth is our cellar the sun is our lamp and stove.'

We do nothing but chatter, and eat, and fly about, all day long. 'We have good times, I tell you, out in the woods. 'Minnie, how should you like to live with us?' he said. 'Pray, don't go away yet,' called Minnie 'I want to know if all squirrels talk, or what you did to learn.'Р”Вown the squirrel jumped into the grass, pulled the blades apart with his paws, and smelt of this weed and that, till at last he found what seemed to satisfy him, for he broke off a sprig, and went back to his seat on the fence. It makes us ache to sit still!' and he ran round and round the rail of the fence, to rest himself. They couldn't keep us quiet on the benches, you see.

#Minnie little women how to

'Why, who taught you how to talk?' asked Minnie, in surprise. 'Come, give us another!' he said, at last, throwing away the shell, and speaking with the queerest little squeaky, grumbling voice.