Brian the Mouse

By Gary Schuetz

Brian was found in an egg carton and was given to me as a gift, but already I knew who he was. This is an illustrated story about a mouse who dreams.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gary Schuetz
• Release date: Jan 23, 2022
• ISBN: 9781005091330

Gary Schuetz

Born in Ohio, USA in 1976, Gary Schuetz shares unique perspectives.Feedback to Gary's work can be directed to [e-mail]

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Introduction

Brian was first discovered in an egg carton.

He was given to me as a gift. But I had already been talking with him for over a year.

He dwells in the Happy Hunting Ground, seeking soft bed and sweet leaves.

Right? asks the mouse. Yes! I reply.

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I take the tiny sculpture of Brian wherever I go. Yet Brian is also always in the Happy Hunting Ground at the same time. Even if the sculpture should ever become damaged, broken entirely, or lost, Brian will always still remain.

Brian is, and always will, be with me. Together we are a team.

Sometimes I tease him, and depending on the joke, he will respond Oh, alright! If he hesitates in his response, I know it was a good joke.

It is hard to tell if he doesn't understand the joke sometimes, or if he simply wishes to protest. But he always goes along with it anyway.

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At night Brian lays in a bed with a blanket and sometimes a winter hat. We watch thunderstorms together across rooms. He always falls asleep quickly after he pulls up the covers. But Brian is not idle. He is dreaming of soft pine and sweet leaf.

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Since meeting Brian I discovered that there are many other mice from the place Brian calls home, where they can never be defeated.

Together Brian and I develop military strategies. Sometimes Brian is positioned in a tank that can become silent or turn