Peanut the Mouse | Part 3

The very next day, he walked over to the Chief's house and knocked politely. His butler came to the door. “I'm here to see the Chief Mouse, please.” Peanut said. In a moment, the Chief was at the door.

“Please, sir, I need a new name.” He told the Chief immediately.

“Now, why would you need a new name? I think the name Peanut works very well for you.” The Chief said, about to close the door.

“Oh, please Sir. I'll do anything to have a tough, meaty name like my father and mother!” Peanut begged.

“Anything?” The Chief asked, rubbing his chin while he thought.

“Anything!” Peanut answered earnestly.

“Well, then I want you to go outside to the human world and get me something very important…”

Peanut the Mouse | Part 2

Peanut was cleaning up his room, like his mother had asked him to do, and had just finished putting his name-tag back on the door when his father walked over, already angry at him.

“What's the matter, dad?” Peanut asked carefully.

"Why can't you have a tough, meaty name like your mother and me? It's embarrassing to have a son named Peanut!"

Where they lived, in the Mouse Kingdom, the Chief Mouse named all of the baby mice by how strong they looked. Peanut was a very small baby who didn't look like he would ever be very strong, and so he got the name Peanut.

Now that he finally knew why his father didn't like him, Peanut knew what he had to do. He had to go ask Chief Mouse for a new name!

Peanut the mouse | Part 1

Once upon a time there lived a mouse. His name was Peanut. He was a small, brown, smart mouse. Peanut was a very good mouse, he never disobeyed his parents, always washed his hands, and knew when to say please and thank you. His mother, whose name was Tenderloin, was a very good mother to Peanut. She played with him, made him yummy cheesy treats, and tucked him in every night. But his father, T-Bone, wasn't as good. He didn't like Peanut. He never played with him, yelled at him for stealing the cookies (when it was actually his brother, Sirloin.) and never, ever tucked him in at night. Peanut didn't know what to do. He always tried to be a good son so that his father would love him. One day, Peanut discovered the reason for his father's behavior...