Toni
Toni is a great dreamer.
He smiled warmly.
Do you known the story of mouse Toni?
I will tell it in few words:
One morning in the early spring I felt very happy. The weather was beautiful.
Walking in the countryside, I heard a voice.
“ Oh, God - what is it? I thought. But I knew already.
“ Is it really a mouse? So small and alone, on the dry leaves…
” Hi. My name is Toni”, the mouse said.
“ What are you doing here?”, I asked.
“Come with me into the garden”, he said.
"I want you to hear my story. Then I'm sure you'll understand. Will you listen?".
And so we went and sat under one of the trees.
“Shall we rest here? Toni asked when reach some flowers by a little garden.
We sat down, and for some minutes we did not speak…
Then Toni said, “I am a sailor” .
“ I ‘m leaving Spain in two weeks time. My ship sails on 24th March”.
The mouse told me the story of his adventures.
The dangers he had met by land and sea, his narrow escapes how he had been taken prisoner by the enemy…and how he had escaped.
He described the battles in which he had fought against dirty rats…
Toni was a young sailor and brave one!
But Toni had to go away.
He was worried about a friend. He thought that his friend needed him.
“ Where is your friend?”, I asked him. Is your friend in other country?”.
“Yes,Yes", Toni said.
After lots of preparation, finally the great day arrived.
Toni woke up before the sun rose.
He dressed as a sailor and packed a few things for his journey.
Toni was going back to the Kingdom of Mice.
He was very sad on his lost day…
and his manly eyes, though not used to weeping, dropped many tears.
The mouse knew he was leaving some very good friends but he had other happinesses ahead of him.
Toni entered into a boat and sailed as far as the Port of Rotterdam.
He was so happy that he jumped into the water and hurried to the shore…
The poor Toni was found by a police. He was a kind person and he carried the mouse home to his wife, who nursed it lovingly. And then the police helped Toni to find his friends.
Two months passed away - months of peace and beauty.
It was a completely new life for him.
There were gentle hands and loving smiles to help him…
Toni was really happy. It was a great joy for young Toni to have his goods friends so near him.
The sweet lady of the house and her romantic mice looked after him so well and Toni loved them with all his heart.
The good Toni promised to send us letters there from time to time, telling us how things were at home…
