The Mouse And The Word
There was a mouse who was hungry to Know. He didn't know exactly what, but he was determined. He thought the knowledge he sought must be high up on the shelf in the Big Book. So, he began to climb and was met by many obstacles.
At last, he reached the top. He was very excited. But the Big Book he found was jammed in between many other books and he was too little to move it.
To another, the situation might have been hopeless, but the mouse was clever and his teeth were sharp. Up to the top of the Big Book he climbed and began to eat. Soon he had eaten right down to the middle.
The owner of the Big Book began searching for a definition. He pulled the Big Book from the shelf but the word he was looking for was gone. He slammed the Big Book down on the arm of his chair, and the mouse, observing, almost jumped out of his skin at the noise.
The mouse smiled for he had found the Word and his stomach was full. It remained for him now to digest the Word in silence. And as for Man, he calls the whole situation a Mystery.
