ONCE A MOUSE… Author: Marcia Brown Illustrator: Marcia Brown Power Point by: Yulia

Characters and Setting  Mouse  Hermit  In the forest

A A Summary First, there was a mouse. He was chased by a crow. But the hermit saved the mouse. Then, he brought the mouse to his hut and gave the mouse some milk and grains of rice. Next, a mean cat came. So the hermit changed the mouse into a stout cat that scared the cat. Then, a dog barked in the forest to chase the stout cat so he turned the stout cat into a black dog. Then, a tiger came and leaped on the black dog and the hermit turned the dog into a royal tiger. So royal tiger walked in the forest really proud of himself. Next, the hermit said, “Don’t be that proud of yourself, you started as a little mouse.” So the tiger got mad at the hermit, so he said,” No one should know that I was once a mouse, I will kill the hermit.” Last, the hermit read his mind and said go away you are ungrateful and you will be a mouse again. So the mouse ran to the forest and the hermit sat down and thought about big and little.

The Lesson I learned two things. First, that if someone helps you, you need to do something nice for them. The second lesson I learned do not be so much proud of your self the royal tiger started as a little mouse. I learned two things. First, that if someone helps you, you need to do something nice for them. The second lesson I learned do not be so much proud of your self the royal tiger started as a little mouse.

Glossary  hermit : a person who lives by himself  hut: a small simple house with only one or two rooms  grains of rice: the seeds of rice crops used as food  stout cat: brave and termined cat  peacocked: to feel proud  chided: to speak in an angry way to someone who has done something wrong

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