The Burgess Animal Book For Children in "Danny's Northern Cousins And Nimbleheels"

"If he should lose it he would simply turn over and over and never know where or how he was going to land. His jumping is done only in times of danger. When he is not alarmed he runs about on the ground like the rest of the Mouse family. This is all for to-day.
To-morrow I will tell you still more about the Mouse family."