The Christmas Mouse

Seasons Greetings to all my readers. 2022.

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A partially decorated Christmas tree, a little mouse in a red Santa hat sits underneath nibbling a chocolate decoration.
We were baffled as to why we kept finding the empty silver wrappers of the chocolate treats beneath the tree, my husband was convinced I was the guilty culprit until one morning we discovered a partially eaten chocolate with tiny tiny teeth marks in a perfect circle, and I was vindicated. A big thank you to Nora who painted a portrait of the little mouse and allowed me to include it in the artwork for this postcard. Read the delightful Christmas story below.
  • The Christmas Mouse
  • Sholden
  • Deal
  • Kent UK

A little mouse snuck into a house to spend the cold winter days. When all around were fast asleep the bold little mouse on nimble feet scouted for tasty crumbs to eat.

One midnight mission, there came into vision A tree indoors! The little mouse stared in awe. It was covered in lights and shiny things That tree hadn’t been there before. Ooh! Just perfect to climb and explore.

The little mouse's nose started twitching What was that he was sniffing? All wrapped in silver something sweet Could it be a chocolate treat? One lick! So good! Then, nibbled it up very quick.

The silver wrapper drifted down Settling upon the tree’s pretty gown. The next night the little mouse did the same and the next night and the next night the same again.

Soon it was noticed with a small frown The silver wrappers littering the ground. Who was not being very neat and who was eating all the chocolate treats? Was it a game? Each thought the other was to blame.

One night the little mouse tried to eat two, The second one was too much to chew, Not only the wrapper did the mouse drop but also the chocolate with a nibbled top. The next day the mystery was finally solved.

There was no doubt, with such tiny teeth A little mouse was eating the Christmas treats.

© 2022 Caroline Whitehouse