little mouse

Today  I came across one of the cutest books ever!. So, I bought it,not to read but for the artwork. The whole book has the most amazing illustrations. Here are a few.

Not only is the artwork cute, but some parts of the book were written in rhyme. It reminded me of a short story I wrote a while back, it's about a little mouse that lives under the stairs.

 I'm gonna post it for you guys.

         There was a cute mouse that lived under the stair,

                             a lovely brown mouse with a pink ribbon in her hair.

                             She would creep into the kitchen to get a light snack,

                             store it in her plump cheeks and then scamper back.

                             She would sit by the window just below the fifth stair,

                             and look out the window eating her snack and primping her hair.

                             The view from the window looked onto a woods edge,

                             and there she would sit on the dusty windows ledge.

                             Then one day, as every day before, she went to the kitchen

                             and scampered under the door.

                             She took her place on the windows ledge to stare

                             out the window that lay just below the fifth stair.

                             When out of the edge of the woods by the road,

                             there hopped out a magnificent green toad.
                             She lifted her paw and as hard as she could,

                             she knocked on the window for the toad by the wood.

                             He heard her knocking from way over there

                             and spotted the mouse with the ribbon in her hair.

                             She lifted her paw once more just to say hi!

                             The toad waved then waved back and then ate a fly.

                             The two saw each other most every day,

                             The toad would eat a fly and the mouse would just wave.

                             Then one day the mouse feeling lonely as could be

                             Waved the toad over for some ginger tea.

                             The toad looked both ways before crossing the road,

                             and over to the window our little toad strode.

                             Then scuttling under the clear window pane

                             The toad sat with the mouse as it started to rain.

                                        Copyright ©2012 byAvabunny-

Blue

Blue the elephant lived in the zoo.

She remembers being there even before she was two.

Her mother lived in the same cage and was always around

Her mother was there when blue first walked around.

For many years together they lived in that zoo

Then one day blues mother died and she did

not know what to do. 

The men came and took her mother away

and blue would not smile after that day. 

She was eating her lunch, some hay on the floor

when the zebra adressed her. he lived right next door.

I see you dont smile so much anymore.

Blue just turned her back to the door. 

He continued on without missing a beat.

I would love not to yell in this hot heat.

So blue turned back and waved her ears all around

The zebra said a smile is a frown upside down.

You should try it as quick as you could

You should try quickly it may make you feel good.

Blue said I'm said cause my moms not around

the zebra said would she like that big frown.

She would want see you to be happy

Not see you all sad. You should try what i say it might not be bad.

Now blue was always the literal sort.

And with her trunk she started to snort. 

My mom would not like to see this big frown

so let me try right here to turn it upside down.

Now another might have tried to just smile but instead

Blue decided to stand on her head.

She started it right her feet firm on the ground.

Then the back legs they lifted 3 feet off the ground.

she could not quite balance and over she fell

But she would not quite as everyone can tell.

The head is too round she said in a funk,

then said "hey why i don't i stand on my trunk."

Even though her ideas were all bad

Blue was determined to no longer feel  sad.

So firmly she planted her trunk on the ground,

and that's just when oddly a crowd came around.

They gaped at her boldly as slowly rose

and raised 15 feet on the tip of her nose.

Blue was happy cause she had won this big fight.

she was happy for the first time tonight.

That's when a man who ran a circus in town.

Was out in the zoo taking his son around.

He saw blue standing on her trunk and he said

"The zoo keepers office" and that's where he sped.

He donated a generous amount to the zoo

They gave him free passes some popcorn oh and blue too..

She now performs her feat on the circus's stage

Her picture on t-shirts and her toys all the rage.

She has not felt sad since that day in the zoo

and all to the zebra that she owes it all too.Copyright ©2012 by Avabunny