The Nest

Mother could not find her thread. “I had a whole spool of it,” she told the family. “Now it is gone.”
Aunt Jean could not find her left black glove. “I can’t wear only one glove!” she cried. Stan hopped up and down in one green sock and one blue sock. “Who would take one green sock?”
Someone had taken Jill’s pink hair ribbon. “It’s a mystery,” she said. “Who is taking our things?”
Stan decided to find out who the thief was. He looked high. He looked low. He opened cabinet doors. Finally, he found the thief.
“It’s a mouse!” he said. There in a cabinet was a nest. It was made of shredded newspaper, white thread, a black glove, a green sock, and a pink ribbon. Inside the nest were five mouse babies!