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'Twit
was breathing hard. No one had ever known this mood in the
little fieldmouse and the crowd gasped and wondered at the
outcome. Twit's teeth flashed as he bared them and he put
up his fist.
"You
oughtn't to have done that," he shouted, trembling with
emotion. "Try it again and I'll do fer you."
From
The Crystal Prison
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Master William Scuttle (Twit)
The good natured fieldmouse was born on the 14th of May in
the land of Fennywolde, to the delight of Gladwin and Elijah
- his parents. When he was young, William's sweet, trusting
temperament was mistaken by others for foolishness.
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The Fennywolders
believed he had "no cheese upstairs" and considered him to
be a simpleton, even calling him by the unkind nickname, "Twit".
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When he was given
the Sign of the Fieldmouse, William received no more respect
and so he decided to prove his worth by going to visit his
mother's kin in Deptford.
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There, he met
his cousin Oswald and greatly enjoyed the company of the Brown
family, especially Audrey whom he secretly grew to love. It
was he whom the bats, Orfeo and Eldritch, desired to speak
with. Then they flew him out over Deptford and to the Cutty
Sark where he encountered the retired midshipmouse,
Thomas Triton. William was a dead ringer for Thomas' long
lost companion, Woodget Pipple, and so the midshipmouse took
to him immediately and they became firm friends.
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When Master
Scuttle returned to Fennywolde, he faced many more dangers
and finally earned the respect of the other fieldmice. Now
he reigns there as King of the Field but has vowed to return
to Deptford one day to visit his friends. His perils are far
from over, one final ghastly decision awaits him before the
end.
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