called the high priest of Kitty-mouse , when his rich offerings had been consumed , to the great satisfaction of the children . `` My dear dollies , how can I let them go ? '' moaned Daisy , hugging the entire dozen with a face full of maternal woe . `` You must , '' commanded Demi ; and with a farewell kiss to each , Daisy laid her blooming dolls upon the coals . `` Let me keep one , the dear blue thing , she is so sweet , '' besought the poor little mamma , clutching her last in despair . `` More ! more ! '' growled an awful voice , and Demi cried , `` that 's the Kitty-mouse ! she must have every one , quick , or she will scratch us . '' In went the precious blue belle , flounces , rosy hat , and all , and nothing but a few black flakes remained of that bright band . `` Stand the houses and trees round , and let them catch themselves ; it will be like a real fire then , '' said Demi , who liked variety even in his `` sackerryfices . '' Charmed by this suggestion , the children arranged the doomed village , laid a line of coals along the main street , and then sat down to watch the conflagration . It was somewhat slow to kindle owing to the paint , but at last one ambitious little cottage blazed up , fired a tree of the palm species , which fell on to the roof of a large family mansion , and in a few minutes the whole town was burning merrily . The wooden population stood and stared at the destruction like blockheads , as they were , till they also caught and blazed away without a cry . It took some time to reduce the town to ashes , and the lookers-on enjoyed the spectacle immensely , cheering as each house fell , dancing like wild Indians when the steeple flamed aloft , and actually casting one wretched little churn-shaped lady , who had escaped to the suburbs , into the very heart of the fire . The superb success of this last offering excited Teddy to such a degree , that he first threw his lamb into the conflagration , and before it had time even to roast , he planted poor Annabella on the funeral pyre . Of course she did not like it , and expressed her anguish and resentment in a way that terrified her infant destroyer . Being covered with kid , she did not blaze , but did what was worse , she squirmed . First one leg curled up , then the other , in a very awful and lifelike manner ; next she flung her arms over her head as if in great agony ; her head itself turned on her shoulders , her glass eyes fell out , and with one final writhe of her whole body , she sank down a blackened mass on the ruins of the town . This unexpected demonstration startled every one and frightened Teddy half out of his little wits .
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