Abracadabra! Magic with Mouse and Mole

Abracadabra!

MAGIC
WITH
MOUSE
AND
MOLE

W
ONG
H
ERBERT
Y
EE

Sandpiper

H
OUGHTON
M
IFFLIN
H
ARCOURT
B
OSTON
• N
EW
Y
ORK

FOR COLLEEN AND THE BOOK BEAT

Copyright © 2007 by Wong Herbert Yee
All rights reserved. Published in the United States by Sandpiper, an imprint
of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Originally published
in hardcover in the United States by Houghton Mifflin Company,
an imprint of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company, 2009.

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The text of this book is set in Adobe Caslon Regular.
The illustrations are charcoal pencil and gouache.

The Library of Congress has cataloged the hardcover edition as follows:
Yee, Wong Herbert.
Abracadabara! Magic with Mouse and Mole / written and illustrated by
Wong Herbert Yee.
p.cm.
Summary: Mole is mad about magic until he takes his friend Mouse to a
show that turns out to be all tricks, but then Mouse conjures up a special
night program to show him the enchantment found in a nature.
ISBN: 978-0-618-75926-2 hardcover
ISBN: 978-0-547-40621-3 paperback
[I. Magic tricks—Fiction. 2. Nature—Fiction. 3. Moles
(Animals)—Fiction. 4. Mice—Fiction.] I. Title. II. Title Magic with
Mouse and Mole.
PZ7.Y3655Abr 2007
[E]—dc22 2006034520

Manufactured in China
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CONTENTS

T
WO
T
ICKETS

M
INKUS THE
M
AGNIFICENT

N
O
M
AGIC

M
OON AND
S
TARS

Mole paced outside Mouse's house.
Mole tapped his foot.
Mole rubbed his snout.
He circled the oak tree three times.
Mole knocked on Mouse's door:
TAP-TAP-TAP.
"Come out, Mouse!" he called.

Mole circled the oak tree three more times.
He stopped under Mouse's window.
"Mouse, hurry UP!" he hollered.
"I do not
wish
to be late!"

In his paw were two tickets
for the magic show!
Mole was simply
mad
about magic!

Mouse paced back and forth.
Mouse tapped her foot.
Mouse twirled her tail.
Two dresses lay on the bed.
One was purple with yellow polka dots.
The other was white with red stripes.
A third dress hung on the closet door.
It was black with moons and stars.
"Mercy," squeaked Mouse.
"How will I ever decide!"

TAP-TAP-TAP.
Mouse heard Mole knocking.
"Just a moment!" she cried.

From her window, Mouse heard Mole calling.
"A minute more!" Mouse shouted.
She still could not make up her mind.
"Oh, well!" sighed Mouse.
She shut her eyes.
"
Eeny, meeny, miny ... MO!
"
Mouse opened her eyes.
"Moons and stars
it will be!"

Rows of logs sat in front of a camper.
"See, we are
not
late," said Mouse.
"In fact, Mole—we are the first ones here!"
There were so many seats to pick from.
"Where should we sit?" Mouse wondered.
"Up front," said Mole.
"Maybe I can
snag
an autograph."

In a few minutes, all the seats were taken.
"A full house!" Mole clapped.
"House?" said Mouse.
"Where is the roof?
Where
are the walls?"

"Do not be silly, Mouse," said Mole.
"That is just
show biz
talk."

The door to the camper swung open.
A white rabbit in a checkered vest hopped out.
"
Tickets, tickets, please!
" he called.
When all the tickets were collected,
the rabbit went back into the camper.