By Niko Mamatas #13 There are two deer mice named Poppy and Ragweed and one day when ragweed and poppy went in the woods and they were looking for food and we’ll they were walking ragweed found a hazelnut and he went to go get it and an owl popped out of know where and started chasing ragweed and poppy. And when they found a log to hide under, Mr.Ocax (the owl) swooped down and killed ragweed. Then Poppy woke up the next morning in the log without permission alone. Poppy was getting worried about what her father is going to say. Mr.Ocax thinks he is the king of Dim wood forest. Then poppy was trying to find her way home when she saw Mr.Ocax. She found a safe place to hide when Mr.Ocax started chasing her. Finally when she finally found a safe place to hide she found her way home and when she got to gray house there was something inside. There was a red flag standing in the house the red flag stands for (emergency meeting.) When Poppy got to the meeting, Lungwort asked “where have you been and where’s Ragweed.” And now that gray house is ruined they are all trying to move to a different place called New House. And Lungwort picked poppy to go talk to Mr.Ocax Now Lungwort and Poppy left for the meeting and poppy was holding up a white flag and we’ll they were walking they heard a HOOO! HOOO! It was Mr.Ocax but they couldn’t see him and it was thundering and raining. And finally they crossed the bridge. Then they found Mr.Ocax. They saw him in the light of the thunder in a tree. He looked like a devil from an accident. Now when Lungwort and Poppy got there they told him that all the mice want to move to New House and Mr.Ocax said NO!! And Lungwort and Poppy were really upset. When Mr.Ocax said no Lungwort started to cry because they thought Mr.Ocax was nice and we’ll they were walking home they found Ragweed's earring from Mr.Ocax’s pellets. Poppy and Lungwort did not talk on the way home. When they got to gray house, Everybody was cheering. And now everybody is blaming poppy because ragweed is dead and because they cant move to new house because poppy and ragweed didn’t ask permission they don't think Mr.Ocax killed ragweed She tried to go to sleep but she couldn’t. then she said to herself “I'm going to new house.” Now Lungwort thinks its Poppy's fault so now poppy is going to new house and first she went to go talk to Lungwort. Then when she went to got talk to Lungwort and Lungwort said “poppy! Watch out for porcupines.” And now Poppy thinks Mr.Ocax is hiding something from all of the mice because they will not let them go to new house. Then Poppy left and we’ll she was walking a turtle was blocking her path so she kicked it. Still sleeping so she had to go around it. Then she saw MR.OCAX! She had no other place to hide so she saw a pond. She jumped in to the pond. Then Mr.Ocax chased Poppy and drowned her in the water. Then when she came out of the water, Mr.Ocax’s tree was right next to her Poppy had to find a place to hide. She couldn’t let Mr.Ocax’s tree see her. Then she herd a tree branch snap. Then she herd little footsteps. She didn’t know what is was. Then she thought it was Mr.Ocax. Then she was safe. She couldn’t find her way home. And now she's trying to find new house. Then poppy found a log to stay in . Then she herd another branch snap. There was a fox. She jumped in to a log and we’ll she was in the log, she herd a rattle on the other side. Poppy knows that it’s a porcupine and it’s name is Ereth. Then the porcupine said to get out but poppy tried to tell Ereth that the fox will eat poppy. Then Ereth told Poppy to move because Ereth is going to kill the fox. Then Poppy started running and found out she ran into Ereth’s toilet. Mr.Ocax lied to all the mice about that porcupines eat mice and Mr.Ocax eats mice. Ereth told poppy that Mr.Ocax is scared of Ereth. Then Ereth told Poppy that Ereth has Parents. And now Poppy is sleeping in Ereth’s log. Poppy woke up in the morning. It was still dark. She got up and she went out of the log and then she thought she herd Mr.Ocax. Then she jumped right back in to the log but when poppy found Ereth, it was Mr.Ocax’s nest. But then Ereth yelled MR.OCAX!!! Then Mr.Ocax didn’t come out but they knew he was in there. Then poppy told Ereth that Mr.Ocax killed poppy's friend Ragweed but Ereth wouldn’t listen. Then poppy convinced Ereth to take poppy to new house. We’ll they were walking to new house they saw bears, ferrets, weasel, and raccoons. Then they saw MR.OCAX!! He swooped down and hissed at them then flew away. Then when they got to new house, They found the salt. They were surrounded by houses. Then they saw a owl sitting by a large closed window and the owl was twice the size as Mr.Ocax. Then for some reason Ereth left Poppy because he was to lazy to go get the salt so he told poppy to get it for him and bring it back to his log. And Poppy found one of Ereth’s quills and used it as a sword. We’ll Poppy was walking, She saw a cat, A human boy, And a couple chicken. Then the boy started twisting the owls head on the barn and Poppy found out the owl was fake. Then Poppy heard something behind her. Then she jumped to the side of the barn and she saw a deer, A doe and two young fawns. Then Poppy saw a cat wake up and it’s name is George. And Mr.Ocax still thinks the fake owl is real. Then Poppy ran in to the cornfield and went to sleep. Then it was time to leave and when Poppy got in to the woods she saw MR.OCAX again. He was sitting on a branch and when she saw him she yelled “MR.OCAX” Then Mr.Ocax started staring at Poppy. Then they started talking and Poppy started stepping back and Mr.Ocax ended up right behind Poppy. Then Poppy tried to run but Mr.Ocax was already in front of Poppy . Then Poppy told Mr.Ocax the owl was fake on the barn and Mr.Ocax was diffidently going to kill Poppy so she had to fight. Then Mr.Ocax was moving around side to side. Then Poppy stabbed Mr.Ocax with her quill in the foot and she was still holding on then Mr.Ocax flew off. He was going crazy when Poppy let go and Mr.Ocax ran in to the salt on the pole. Then Poppy walked very slowly over Mr.Ocax and Mr.Ocax said “ Sometimes…. Sometimes I wonder why I bother to protect you.” Then Mr.Ocax shut both of his eyes and Poppy found out that Mr.Ocax was no longer alive……… Then when she stared at Mr.Ocax , She took one of Mr.Ocax’s feathers. Then Poppy went to Ereth’s log and she slept there for another night. She woke up the next morning and Ereth was eating the salt. Then Poppy told Ereth was leaving and when she got to gray house she told everybody it was safe to go to new house. Then Poppy got married to another mouse named Rye and Ereth was there. It was a full moon. The mice dedicated the hazelnut tree that they got married under to Ragweed. Then they hung Ragweed’s earring to the top of the tree and they all started dancing under the moon……. I thought this book was a very good book so I give this book 4 stars