Humble Mouse is small and quiet, but she searches for
answers to big questions. She often gazes at the sky and wonders, "Where
do stars come from? Why are they so bright?" Humble Mouse wants to learn
everything about the never-ending forest in which she lives, and about the
mountain she climbs when the sun comes out. The sun - she is most curious about
the sun, and the rays of light that shine from it.
"Where do all of these things come from?" she asks
her friends.
"Humph!" snorts Gruff Bear, when Humble Mouse asks
him this big question.
"Why would I need to know that?" Gruff Bear
continues. "All I need to know is which berries are tasty, which make me
sick, and where I should sleep in winter. Go away now, and stop thinking about
silly things."
Every morning, Humble Mouse wakes up excitedly in her home,
which is nestled in the trunk of an old pine tree. Eagerly, she scurries up her
tree and plops herself on a thick branch, where she waits to meet the first ray
of sun.
She remembers what her Grandmother shared with her before
she passed away. "She told me that if I sit quietly and look closely, I
can meet the first ray of sun, and it will give me answers to my
questions!"
