Toofer & the Giblet

Book excerpt: Through the meadow, past the orchard, near the grassy gladein the midst of Nimblewood stands Humble Tree. Behind thetiny mousehole door with its even tinier mousehole doorknob live two mice named Toofer and The Giblet. The Giblet often finds himself in tumultuous situations brought on by a lack of thinking things through-such as the time he tried to quite literally extend a hand in friendship to a neighboring cat. Thankfully, when he does these things, he can count on Toofer to stop him. Though Toofer might not readily admit it, he has come to rely on The Giblet as well-such as the time he hadn't left the mousehole for almostan entire summer because he simply wasn't up to visiting. In an effort to liberate him, The Giblet told him that Humble Tree had caught fire. Toofer later pointed out that it would have been just as effective if The Giblet had not actually tried to set the tree ablaze.Because it could be that few will ever go through the meadow, past the orchard, near the grassy glade in the midst of Nimblewood where stands Humble Tree, with its very tiny mousehole door and even tinier mousehole doorknob, to greet Toofer and The Giblet. . . these are their stories.