Mice Hice
For each of the past three days I happened to watch a movie that had the house of a mouse in it. This happened out of complete coincidence, it wasn't intentional at all. I, and lots of others, have this idyllic idea of a mouse house where the mice sleep in tin cans or match boxes, and they slice a strawberry as if it were a piece of ham, but I couldn't have pointed out any specific examples. That was, until 3 days ago.
The second house was in Muppet Christmas Carol. This one doesn't have that much stuff in it. There's a lot of hay. The meeces have a dining table and some chairs. You can see a bed off to the side.
And the one I saw today was in Mouse Hunt. This one actually feels very believable. If a sapient mouse really did exist, this is what their room would look like. He has a bunch of items that he uses as posters. There's a bookmark with a painting on it, a Hawaii themed postcard, a matchbox with an illustration of a football player, random stamps up on his walls. He also has a thread spool, and there is kind of a lore reason for it to be there. You see, the human house that this mouse house is inside of was owned by the founder of a string factory. The mouse also has a watch by his bed, to tell the time with, which is a nice touch. His bed is fashioned out of a tin box, a box for cigars maybe? He has a little box of buttons, a bunch of toothpicks, a Q-tip that's leaning on a corner, a thimble, and a marble. This is like the mouse version of a messy dorm room.
I don't have a larger point to build towards. Did you know that wood mice can detach their tails when someone grabs it? So, if an eagle or an owl has caught them by the tail, they can detach it and run away. It doesn't grow back, though. So if you see a wood mouse without a tail, that's like Punished Mouse.
The first of these houses was in Disney's Robin Hood. They have an old, patched up shoe that has been fashioned into a bed for two. They have a big (or rather, regular sized) candle next to their bed. Several small knick knacks are laid about in their house, like a thread spool, a thimble, and a wine cork. I think the house was inside a church, so maybe the cork is from communion wine? And they have a carpet made of straw, that has been patched up with a blue fabric. And some tiny coat hangers.
The second house was in Muppet Christmas Carol. This one doesn't have that much stuff in it. There's a lot of hay. The meeces have a dining table and some chairs. You can see a bed off to the side.
And the one I saw today was in Mouse Hunt. This one actually feels very believable. If a sapient mouse really did exist, this is what their room would look like. He has a bunch of items that he uses as posters. There's a bookmark with a painting on it, a Hawaii themed postcard, a matchbox with an illustration of a football player, random stamps up on his walls. He also has a thread spool, and there is kind of a lore reason for it to be there. You see, the human house that this mouse house is inside of was owned by the founder of a string factory. The mouse also has a watch by his bed, to tell the time with, which is a nice touch. His bed is fashioned out of a tin box, a box for cigars maybe? He has a little box of buttons, a bunch of toothpicks, a Q-tip that's leaning on a corner, a thimble, and a marble. This is like the mouse version of a messy dorm room.
I don't have a larger point to build towards. Did you know that wood mice can detach their tails when someone grabs it? So, if an eagle or an owl has caught them by the tail, they can detach it and run away. It doesn't grow back, though. So if you see a wood mouse without a tail, that's like Punished Mouse.
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