Hickory, Dickery, Dock

Run for Your Life – Mice on the Loose

Looking at this illustration, viewers become concerned with the woman of whom they see only one foot and part of her skirt as she flees off the lower left side of the image. She has dropped her knitting as tries to escape. One mouse is still on the clock, but three others seem to be enjoying the chase.

The lines (shadows) on the floor make an arrow pointing to the woman, or perhaps she is in the center of partially unseen crossing lines (a kind of target). This image almost glows with its rose and golden browns with touches of blue. Again we have an elaborate grandfather clock in an otherwise sparsely furnished and poor home. Note the patch on the vanishing skirt.