ONCE A MOUSE…
Author: Marcia Brown
Illustrator: Marcia Brown
Power Point by: Yulia
Characters and Setting
 Mouse
 Hermit
 In
the forest
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.
Glossary
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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
Work Cited
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http://www.hermitary.com/features/imag
es/usa/dunstan.jpgPictures
 http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/h
ermit