Description
Deep in the forest of Fontainebleau, after the autumn rains, the mushrooms come up overnight. Red caps with white spots appear between the ferns like tiny umbrellas, and the creatures of the forest floor treat them as such. One small mouse, finding the tallest and brightest of them all, climbs to the very top to survey her kingdom. From up there, she can see the whole clearing, the beetles, the acorns, and the path where the children sometimes walk. When footsteps approach, she simply sits very still, and the children walk by without seeing her at all.
Here she is, perched proudly on her polka-dotted red mushroom, painted with intricate detail from whiskers to tail. This is a perfect gift for a child who loves woodland tales, a collector of fairy-tale pieces, or a grown-up who still believes that magic lives at the bottom of the garden. Tuck it on a bookshelf among storybooks, on a nursery dresser, or in a cabinet alongside other little woodland creatures, where it will invite endless imaginative play and plenty of questions. Little ones will delight in spotting every tiny detail.
The details
- A mouse perched atop a mushroom
- Bright red mushroom cap covered in polka dots
- Intricate painted details throughout
- A whimsical collectible for woodland lovers
- Hand-painted porcelain from Limoges, France
Invent a name for the mouse when you give it, and a bedtime story will follow naturally.
