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Mouse Story

Story by TFS Working Group

Illustrated by Patrick Littell

Featured in the Hampton Fund Storyboard Collection

Version 1.0

  • "Where is my mother?!?"
  • "Mr. Frog, do you know where my mother is?"
  • "I don't know where your mother is, but maybe the raven does."
  • So the little mouse goes off to find the raven.
  • "Mr. Raven, do you know where my mother is?"
  • "I don't know where your mother is... but maybe the cat knows..."
  • So the little mouse goes off to find the cat.
  • "Mr. Cat, do you know where my mother is?"
  • "Maybe she's in my mouth!"
  • So the little mouse goes to look inside the cat's mouth.
  • "Hi, Mom! What are you doing here?!?"
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Story Text:

  1. "Where is my mother?!?"
  2. "Mr. Frog, do you know where my mother is?"
  3. "I don't know where your mother is, but maybe the raven does."
  4. So the little mouse goes off to find the raven.
  5. "Mr. Raven, do you know where my mother is?"
  6. "I don't know where your mother is... but maybe the cat knows..."
  7. So the little mouse goes off to find the cat.
  8. "Mr. Cat, do you know where my mother is?"
  9. "Maybe she's in my mouth!"
  10. So the little mouse goes to look inside the cat's mouth.
  11. "Hi, Mom! What are you doing here?!?"

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Summary:

The little mouse can't find his mother. Does anyone know where she is?

Maybe the cat knows...

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Cite this storyboard as:

TFS Working Group (2010). Mouse Story. Retrieved from http://www.totemfieldstoryboards.org on Jan 22, 2026.

Licensing:

Creative Commons LicenseThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 2.5 Canada License.

You are free to redistribute this storyboard, and create your own derivative works from it, so long as you attribute the original source. Commercial use is permitted.

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