Squibble’s Story

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No one goes on forever. But your life was spent basking in love and adoration. You had it absolutely as good as it gets , you ingrate. No one has it that good, and you don't hear them complaining. No mice get what you got. You are a loved mouse!

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Most mice will never have the memory of being kissed, or groomed, or told one kind word, ever. You've forgotten how lucky you were, Squibble. Your depression and self loathing has taken you far from home. The way back is to be grateful. Grateful for every day of your thankless life being so cherished, so loved , by so many good mice and men. My heart came alive after a long, cold sleep, and I knew he was right.

I knew it was the truth. My life had been magnificent.

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I was an ingrate. I had forgotten my blessings, and in doing so, had lost them. No one did this to you, Squibble. Those with no power take the victim's path. It is an illusion. It is not for those with integrity. By doing so, they stay in control of their own lives. He was right again. This was much bigger than it had ever looked when I was down on earth.

I had lost my way. Through all the hardship, only once. I looked up, free of all earthly pain and fear. If you've changed your mind, this is the last door out. No one wants a reluctant champion, and God won't have you saying he forced you into anything.

I knew that below, my body was being carried to its death. I had only moments to make up my mind between the duty of a great hero and the desperate wishes of a hurt little boy. I lifted my head at last to meet Mike's blazing eyes. There was a crunching, jarring impact.

I felt the cold wind around me once more. The talons let go and I was falling. When I looked up again, I saw a great raven locked in combat with the owl that had taken me as food. As I plummeted in freefall, I saw two other ravens join in.

Then they were lost to my sight among the clouds. I turned over to see the ground fast approaching. Panic filled my body, and the worries of the flesh consumed me once more, shoving all spiritual peace right out the window. I was going to die!

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The pure realization of it was a shock to me, even though I'd been in many situations where death seemed certain. Maybe it was the owl thing - being food, falling - primal fears. Whatever it was, it effected a radical transformation in my soul that my spirit had just moments before initiated. In a single moment I lost the drug-induced illusion that death would be better than life.

I had thought I really wanted to die. Now I knew different, and I had learned it, as usual, the hard way. In that moment time seemed to slow down. I barely remembered my time in the clouds with Mike and Bigfat. I couldn't remember what I'd said when my mind was so free and clarity was mine again. I couldn't remember my answer.

As the pavement raced up to greet me, that was going to be my last thought. What had I said!? On the ground, I saw Death. In his white robe, he was reaching out to me, grinning.

But I felt another set of talons close around me at the very last moment, plucking me from Death's reaching claws. The raven holding me banked sharply and desperately, fighting every ounce of gravity to escape the same fate that awaited me. We missed the ground by two inches. I wished I'd had the fortitude to stick my tongue out at Death. The raven landed and was soon joined by his two brothers, who looked badly beaten. They spoke not one word. They didn't need to. See and discover other items: There's a problem loading this menu right now. Get fast, free shipping with Amazon Prime.

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At this point I looked at the rest of the envelope and there were, indeed, about 40 pages of mousey drawings with notes I was so excited! I am enjoying my time here. It is where I was meant to be. I have already learned to speak Chinese Mouse very well. They tell me no one has ever mastered it so fast. I asked them when it might be that I got to throw fireballs and control the weather.

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They laughed and said I had a funny sense of humor. No one has ever accomplished those feats, they said, except in ancient legends. I was reminded of father's stories of knights and dragons. Maybe it's all just a myth. Kinda disappointing, but they tell me that all disappointment comes from expectation. I think they're right. Well, I won't expect to attain great magics, but I sure ain't givin' up! He's not the same since mom died. Share this letter with him, and the rest of the family. I miss you, Squibble. I hardly got to know you, but I know there's good reason for that.

Nemo said you're going to be the mightiest of us all someday. That must be a heavy burden, and not many will understand.

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Love, Branch There were drawings of the temple, of some of the monks he knew. The art wasn't great, but the point got across well, and his heart was in each pencil stroke. It warmed my heart that he made it. I thought he was going to become just one more lost tragedy in this whole stupid mess. I didn't realize it, but tears were flowing down my face.

He nodded as if to let me know that there would be no consequences for this action. Even though I didn't really believe in safety anymore. We're sitting around, trying to hide me, when the enemy is just picking us off. This is a horror movie where no one can hear the music! He has limitless numbers, and ours go down a little every day. And I can't stand doing nothing! It's making me crazy.

And Favorite is crippled and it's not fair! And my master is sick, and he's not supposed to be sick!

He's supposed to be strong and majestic! I was on a roll now. An' now it's too late 'cause we're stupidly surrounded by stupid zombies! An' that's just stupid! I bet no one sleeps well at night! I watch too much stupid TV! It's doing something to my head! I huffed and puffed. He cocked his head. Why are you so powerless anyway? I saw you do presti-digaform or whatever, but you can't do any real magic.

Can't really help anyone, can you? Maybe you're a scam artist. An' there is no such thing as magic! An' maybe there's no hope neither, an' maybe everything sucks! I ran my head a couple of times into the cage to see what Clyde felt like it hurt. I squeaked in helpless frustration and thrashed about mindlessly. Finally, I was worn out. Be strong," Nemo said. I checked the letter.

It was still in my hand. He had it exactly. He couldn't have read it. Too many pages to hold up to candlelight I was suspicious mouse. What if I just Because our time grows short. These attacks are just a diversion. He is preparing for the real attack shortly, and when it comes, there will be nothing we can do against it but survive. We need to go gank his sorry butt right now! He gave an okay, whatever look and said, "Not a bad idea. I gotta go tell everyone what the deal is!

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