The clever mouse deer One hot afternoon, the clever mouse deer was drinking water by the lake. "Ah-ha! My dinner-a little mouse deer. I haven't had anything to eat for a whole week." The tiger said. "Oh! You haven't had anything to eat for a whole week? You must be very hungry!" The mouse deer was trembling, but he said, "I hope you have a rich dinner. And I, I'm too small to fill your stomach!"

Stanley loves to help, but sometimes he gets so excited he makes mistakes. While running errands for his mom—CRASH—Stanley bounces his ball right on top of Mouse’s house, smashing it to smithereens. Stanley wants to make up for what he’s done, but how? In Elisa Kleven’s expressive, detailed pictures, Stanley finds his inspiration all around him, from here and there, and this and that. Soon he is ready to surprise his friend with a new house, and what a wonderful place it is!

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