Maria and Sprite

Maria and Sprite

Maria was a beautiful white pet mouse with black eyes who lived with an old man who she called Dear Mr. Hand.
Mr. Hand was the kindest human Maria ever knew. He was the only human she ever knew he was the only anything she ever knew, but she didn't mind she loved the old man and he loved her they spend all days and nights together. until one day he never came to take her out of her cage Maria knew Dear Mr. Hand was old and slept a lot resting he been doing that more often but he never came home last night he left in this vehicle with red and white flashing lights on a bed that was not his own carried off by the only other humans Maria ever saw and they took Dear Mr. Hand away and she was left her in her cage with half empty water bottle and food bowl. Maria played with her toys but they brought her no comfort she was alone and there was no way to get out. Marie cried herself sleep hugging her tail pretending it was one of Mr. Hand's fingers for the third night in a row.

tap, tap, tap, tap, Maria slowly open her eyes and then open them up wide was it Mr. Hand trying to wake her up? Did her Dear. Mr. Hand come finally come home? Maria ran straight out of her little house to the tapping noise excited to see... a mouse? and not just a mouse but a boy mouse a gray boy mouse with black eyes and smile on his face that could only remind her of Mr. Hand. Maria wanted to cry thinking of Mr. Hand's smile but she wouldn't not in front of wild mouse.

Maria stared at the gray mouse he looked dirty like he just came out a vacuum cleaner. he was covered in dust from head to tail. 'He needs a bath' Maria thought looking at the strange mouse.

as Maria stared at the mouse until he went away. "That was weird" the top of her cage open and down came a latter made of pens and pencils. and the dirty dusty gray mouse was climbing down it! "Actually" the gray mouse said in friendly voice "My name is Sprite and I came to rescue you from this imprisonment." Maria felt shocked to hear those words "imprisonment?" this was her home she lived her since she was a baby and this strange dirty gray mouse dare called her home an "imprisonment" sure she need Mr. Hand to let her out and she couldn't do it herself. but she loved her cage she felt safe in it. until a wild mouse stuck in saying he was going to take her from it.

but still her food and water was running low and Mr. Hand still has not returned. Maria said nothing and followed Sprite up the ladder and out of the cage.

"What is your name?" asked Sprite to Maria as they walked back to Sprite's colony. Maria looked up from her daydream of Mr. Hand coming home "what?" she said coming back from reality. "I asked what your name was." Sprite said. "Maria" answered Maria "That is my name."

"It's a beautiful name it fits for such a beautiful mouse as yourself." said Sprite. Maria looked at Sprite and she could not hold back her tears any more Mr. Hand called her a beautiful mouse everyday they were together knowing that she will never hear him again cause a wave of emotion to fall over her.

"Don't cry please don't cry I'm sorry I thought girls liked being called beautiful." Sprite said panicky trying to get Maria to stop crying.

"Sprite!" said a stern female voice it was another gray mouse she to was dusty but not as dusty as Sprite, she walked up to Sprite and put her hands on her hips. "What did I tell you about making others cry?" she asked him sternly. "I didn't mean to make her cry Ma, she was trapped in box cage and no way to get out and I wanted to bring her to live in the colony with us I thought adding fresh blood would be good for the colony." Sprite's ma glanced at Maria who stopped finished crying hugging her tail. "aw come here my dear sweet thing, let Mama Sprite hug you." her voice was kind but demand. Maria went to Mama Sprite and hugged her. "It's ok, shh it's going to be ok." Mama Sprite said hugging Maria.

later at the Mouse Colony. Maria was sleeping in her new tissue paper bed.

a meeting was taking place.

" a PET?!" she is a PET!" said a black and gray mouse walking back in forth around a "Sprite was suppose to bring back food but instead he brought back a PET!" the mouse ranted on. "Mr. Levi will you please sit down, I was the one who order Sprite to bring her here to the colony" said an elder mouse. Everyone gasped when they heard Ice-Box say those words he was the eldest and most wisest mouse in the colony he had a strict rule of not interacting with pet mice or trying to "rescue" them but to admit that he broke his own rule and had Sprite who was so young to even know the danger of interacting with a pet of any kind.

"why?" asked an old brown female mouse but not as old as Ice-box. "why did you make your great grandson Sprite break the rule?" she asked looking at calmly looking at Ice-box "Because my daughter Coffee your grandson and my great grandson has a caring nature and does not differentiate between a wild and pet mouse, he saw that she needed help and told me about her at first I was hesitant 'allow a direct descendant of mine to break my most strict rule? never' I thought but he told the story of how Mr Feet (Mr. Hand the wild mice call him Mr. Feet) had died and was carried off to never return. for three days he watched her, he told me he would take care of her teach her how to be like us that he did not want her to die all alone without a friend in the world. I could see that his intentions were pure. so allowed my rule to be broken but only if she came at her own free will and now she is here and she will stay until further notice and you will all treat her as you would anyone one else in the colony." everyone nodded "Yes sir" the mice said. and the meeting was over.

months went by Maria grew up in the mouse colony the memories of Mr. Hand were a distant memory. she was adopted by a lovely infertile couple named a female named Button and male named Table who always dreamed of having a daughter. She and Sprite became the best of friends and Maria learn to find her own food instead of waiting for Mr. Hand to bring it to her.

Everyone enjoyed her company and loved hearing her stories about Mr.Hand and how she showed "pictures" and shared all her old toys with the young-uns and not so young-uns.

The mice knowing that Mr. Feet/Mr.Hand was gone for good raided the kitchen for food. but there was hardly any left and those that was left was in "cans" that that hurt the mice teeth to get threw.

"We're running out of food!" Levi said everyone stared at Levi he was the complainer of the colony but still he only complained about things other dear not even mention. "and it's all Maria's fault she doesn't belong here" he said pointing at the white mouse whose fur darken from living in the wall for so long. "Don't you dare blame this on Maria!" Mama Sprite yelled at Levi "If it wasn't for her we wouldn't even know where Mr.Feet kept his best foods! and she shared more these past months than you ever did!" not only that I'm proud of my son for bringing her here. I would be proud to call her my daughter but Button and Table beat me to it. but I have seen true love blossom between her and my son since they been together and now that they are old enough to get married and Sprite and Maria are engaged to be married to have her as my daughter-in-law would be a blessing."

Levi stared at Mama Sprite and blatantly said "but she never taught us how to use a can opener, all we have left is can foods, we manage to open up the Mr. Feet's cold magic food box but now the food there all gone and what's left is spoiled that not even a rat wouldn't eat."

Mama Sprite was about to tell him off again when Maria spoke up "Levi I do not know how to use a can opener, if I knew how I would have told the colony ages ago." Levi moaned when he heard Maria say this. "I wish Ice-box was still alive he knew what to do he was the wisest of all of us he would know how to use a can opener." said Nails a gray male mouse. "Me too said his brother Tack a brown mouse and Coffee is dead too she was just as smart..."

"My Grandfather always told me 'Practice makes perfect if you're doing something for the first time try until you get it right." Mama Sprite said talking about the late Ice-box she was now the leader of the colony her mother Coffee died a few days before her grandpa Ice-box when she went outside for some fresh air and a feral cat snacheed her up killing her in one bite. Ice-Box died of old age a few days later but everyone knew his heart was broken loosing his favorite daughter and he wanted to be with her and his wife in mouse heaven so he made Mama Sprite the leader and peacefully died in his sleep the night after the coronation.

and so they did what Mama Sprite said and taught themselves how to use a can-opener. mostly because Mama Sprite was scary when they didn't listen to her.

and they all had plenty of food for "years"

Maria and Sprite were married and there was much rejoiced even Levi gave the couple a wedding present he apologized to the bride in his best man speech for being so cold to her at the beginning and that Sprite is lucky to marry the most beautiful female mouse in the house which caused his own wife Pocket to flip him off in the crowed of clapping mice.

Levi slept on the "couch" that night but did not complain about it in the next meeting Pocket forgave him the night after she was pretty much the only mouse to tolerate living with him.

month past a new family moved in and finding out there were mice they called the exterminator, so the Mice left the house they lived in for generations Maria and Sprite carried their twin infant sons Hand and Foot to their new home in the woods were they happily lived in a wild black berry bush for the rest of their lives.

the end