The Life of Mice

Hi guys! This is a story by Stella Rosewood and one of my best friends, who I will simply call MOUSEEEEE for now. As always, no copying or editing, please, and I hope you enjoy this!!
== Chapter 1 - The Pet Shop ==
It was a long day at the pet store, the same as usual. Every day, I go to sleep and walk around a little bit in the morning and then wake up at night because all of us mice are nocturnal, then I run around annoying everyone with my squeaky wheel, eat, drink, and repeat. It stays the same unless I get adopted, which will probably never happen because I am a mouse. Everyone hates mice because I am a stinky rodent. Every once in a while one of my friends will get adopted, but not that often. Just then, I saw someone walk through the door and walk into the mouse section! Was someone going to get adopted? I was nervous and excited at the same time because I might get adopted, but I also might not. Just then, I saw the human walk over to my cage! 
Was I going to get adopted, or was my friend going to? Now that I think about it, my friend and I are both girls, so if the human adopts my friend, then I should get adopted too! Then the human called one of the pet store workers over. I got VERY nervous. 
Next, I heard her say, “I want both of these mice.” 
I could not believe my tiny ears! I was getting adopted! In the girl’s cart, I saw a big mouse cage, mouse bedding, running wheel, mouse food, mouse treats, food dish, toys, and a water bottle! Then, the lid of our cage opened and I got picked up and put in a box. Then my friend got picked up and put into the same box as me! I was so excited that I started squeaking like crazy! 
“I will name you Squeakers,” the girl said to me, “and you... hmm. I will have to think about it,” she said to my friend.  
Oh my goodness! I had a name! I was so happy.
== Chapter 2 - Home ==
At last, we were home! When we got inside we stayed in the box for about 10 more minutes. Then we got out of the box and got put in the cage. It was a very big cage. It had a running wheel, food, water, toys, everything a mouse could ask for, even treats! I was too excited to go to sleep, so I ran around squeaking and burrowing through the bedding. Our owner laughed as I burrowed under the food dish and popped my little head out from under there. After I was tired of running around, I went and cuddled with my friend, and we fell asleep together. Before I knew it, it was nighttime. My friend and I decided to go run in our running wheel. It was squeaky like our other wheel. I didn’t mind. My owner didn’t mind either. In the morning, my friend and I heard the lid to our cage open and our owner took us out to play! 
Our owner said to my friend, “I still need to figure out a name for you, little one.” 
Later after playing, my owner said, “Aha! I know the perfect name for you! Bryn! Squeakers and Bryn!” 
I liked that name, and my friend did too! After finding a name for Bryn, we got put away. Once we got in our cage, I took a nice long drink and ate one of my treats, then went to bed. At night, Bryn and I played together on our wheel and then chewed on our toy sticks and toilet paper rolls. Then, we both took a drink, ate some food, and went to bed in the morning.
A few hours later, we woke up to eat a little, but there was hardly any food in the bowl! I saw that my owner was on her bed, so I started squeaking. She saw me by the nearly empty food bowl and got us more food and water. As she put the bowl back down, I noticed that there were more treats in there! So I took the treat and ran with it behind our running wheel to eat. After I was done eating, I went to get a drink of water and went back to bed.
== Chapter 3 - Big News ==
The next day Bryn and I were woken up by some talking. It sounded like they were talking about another mouse. Just as I was about to go back to sleep, I heard a loud, “YAY! THANK YOU, MOM!” Then the mom replied, “You're welcome, Emma!”
I was confused, what was Emma so excited about? Bryn and I were so confused, we decided to squeak like crazy! “Squeak! Squeak! Squeak!” we said. 
All of a sudden, Emma ran into her room and said, “Bye guys, love you! I will be right back!” 
I was sad she was leaving us. We didn’t know how long it would take for her to come back to us. Since it was quiet, Bryn and I fell asleep. A little later, we woke up to a door slamming shut. Just then, Emma walked into her room and we saw her carrying another big box that looked like the one Bryn and I were in when we came home. Then, Emma carefully grabbed another mouse out of the box! 
“Guys, I want you to meet Snowball!” 
We were shocked! ANOTHER mouse! That was the last thing I would think of happening!
Just then, Emma put Snowball gently into the cage. Once Snowball was put into the cage, I went over to her and started sniffing her. Then, Snowball started to get wild. She wanted to play with us! I wanted to play because I was bored of sleeping and I wanted a little break. 
After playing, Snowball settled down and went to sleep. So Bryn and I went over to Snowball and cuddled with her, and we all fell asleep together.
== Chapter 4 - Cleaning Day ==
The next day we all woke up and Emma had to clean our cage. So she said, “I have to go to the pet store real quick to get something. I’ll be right back!” 
While we waited, Bryn, Snowball, and I ran around our cage to get some exercise. Before we knew it, she was back with three hamster balls for us. One by one, she took us out and put us in the hamster balls. Once she put us in the hamster balls, we started running around, crashing into things because we could not control the ball when it was going too fast! After about half an hour, we got put back into our cage. 
It looked different because everything was moved around. Our running wheel, our food dish, and our toys all got moved! We liked it, though, because it gave us a little scavenger hunt to find everything we had! We were happy because our cage was nice and clean now, and it smelled so much better! Our owner Emma was happy too since our cage wasn’t making her room all stinky anymore. 
After exploring our clean cage, Bryn, Snowball, and I all went back to sleep. Just then, we heard a click! and saw Emma holding a rectangular thing that must take photos. She had just taken a picture of us all sleeping together! 
“Aww! You guys are so cute! I am glad I got you three as my pets!” she exclaimed. I was happy too because I got to stay with my friend, Bryn, and I made a new friend, Snowball!
== Chapter 5 - Road Trip ==
The next day we woke up to our cage shaking. We were not in the house anymore, we were in the car! 
“Good morning, cuties! We are driving to Florida!” Emma said excitedly, grinning at us. 
“Squeak! Squeak!” we all replied. 
OH MY GOODNESS! We were going on a ROAD TRIP! We were super excited! After 2 days of driving, Bryn, Snowball, and I woke up to Emma saying, “Wow! It is so beautiful here!” We all started squeaking, assuming we were in Florida. A few minutes later, the car was parked and we all had gotten out of the car. 
We finally saw how beautiful Florida was! Just then we got in an elevator and then walked into our room. It was all ocean-themed and it looked like a house. Emma brought us to the patio to show us the view of the ocean. Since we were in a condo, which is a type of apartment which is built right by the ocean, we were able to see the ocean perfectly. That day we heard that we were leaving on Friday to get home by Sunday. We were sad because so far we were enjoying it here. 
The next day, Emma, her mom, and her dad went to the ocean. Since it was quiet, and the waves were so soothing, we all fell asleep. A few hours later we were woken up by Emma saying, “We are home!” When we heard that, we were so happy that we started squeaking.     
While we were squeaking Emma noticed that we were out of food and water. “Oh my! Let me get you more food and water,” she said. 
When Emma came back, she watched us as I ran to our water bottle and Bryn and Snowball ran to the food dish. “How long have you guys been out of food and water?” I had no idea how long we were out of food, but I was happy that we got more of it and water too. 
Before we knew it, it was nighttime. Since Emma knew that we were more active at night and that it was cooler out, she decided to get the three hamster balls, put us into them, and bring us out to the screened-in patio to run around for a little bit. It was fun but exhausting!
Before we knew it, it was Friday. So Emma, her mom, and her dad started packing for the two-day ride home. We were sad; we did not want to leave.
== Chapter 6 - Play Date ==
The day after we got home from Florida, one of Emma’s friends called her and asked if she could bring her mice over for a playdate! 
Emma looked over at us and saw how excited we were, so she said, “Sure, you can bring your mice over!” 
Bryn, Snowball, and I were so excited that we were going to have a playdate with Emma’s friend’s mice: Brownie, Slate, and Lightning! 
About half an hour later, Emma’s friend was here! 
“Hi, Sapphire! It is so nice to see you again!” Emma said to her friend. 
“You too!” Sapphire agreed. She set down the carrier she was holding, and I heard a bunch of nervous squeaks. 
“It’s fine!” I told Sapphire’s mice. They responded with a “squeak?” 
“Want to go to the living room?” Emma offered. 
“Sure!” her friend said. Before they left, Emma picked up Sapphire’s mouse carrier and brought it over to our cage. She opened our cage door and let Slate, Brownie, and Lightning scurry into our cage. We squeaked in greeting to each other. 
“Have fun, cuties!” Emma said brightly and closed the cage. She looked back over at us. “Sapphire and I will be just in the living room. We’ll be back in a little bit, okay?” 
I squeaked, “‘K!” 
Emma and Sapphire left her room, and that left us to figure out what to do. 
I figured we needed to introduce ourselves, so I said, “I’m Squeakers, and these are my friends Bryn and Snowball. What are your names?” I already knew their names because Emma mentioned them, but I didn’t know who was who. 
“I’m Brownie,” a brown mouse said. “This is Slate”-she pointed to a gray mouse- “and this is Lightning.” She pointed to a black mouse. 
“Nice to meet you all!” I said. 
“What should we do now?” Slate said. 
“Hide and Seek?” Lightning asked. 
“Sure!” we all agreed. 
“I will count!” Snowball said. 
“Okay, count to 15!” I replied. 
Snowball started counting, “1…. 2…. 3…. 4…. 5 ---” We had to hurry because Snowball was counting quickly! 
Bryn and I hid under the running wheel, Slate hid in the paper towel roll, and Brownie and Lightning hid on the second floor in the other paper towel roll. 
“11… 12… 13… 14... 15… Ready or not, here I come!” 
“Found you, Slate!” Snowball exclaimed almost right away. 
“Aww, man…” Slate said, sighing wistfully in disappointment. 
“Hmm… Where are the others?” Snowball wondered out loud. “Let me check on the second floor.” 
“Found you, Brownie and Lightning!” 
“Aww! We were found,” Brownie and Lightning said. 
“Now I just need to find Bryn and Squeakers.” 
“I will give you a hint, Snowball. They are on the first floor,” Slate said 
Just then, I saw Snowball walk by the running wheel, then she ducked down and saw us. “Found you guys! You win!” Snowball said. 
“Yay!” Bryn and I exclaimed. 
After we played hide and seek, we took a break and went to bed. Once we were almost asleep, We all heard a click! My owner and our friends’ owner took a picture of us! 
The next thing I knew, my friends’ owner said, “It is time to go, Lightning, Slate, and Brownie!” 
“Squeak, squeak,” they said sadly. 
“Bye, guys! It was nice meeting and playing with you!” Bryn, Snowball, and I said. 
“Bye!” they replied back.
== Chapter 7 - Bring Your Pets to School Day ==
The next day, we woke up and we were in the car again. I wondered where we were going this time. 
Emma turned toward our cage to check on us and said, “Morning, guys! We are going to my school because it’s Bring Your Pets to School Day!” We were so excited to see what a school looked like.
When we got there, her school was very big! There were many classrooms and hallways, and also tall blue things. 
“Those are lockers,” Emma said, seeming to read my mind. 
Lockers! Who knew? I guessed we would learn things today! 
After we got to Emma’s locker we saw Sapphire with her mice! “Hi, Sapphire!” Emma exclaimed. 
“Hi!” Sapphire replied. 
Just then, a bell rang. It was time for class! “Let’s go, Emma, we don't want to be late!” 
“Okay,” Emma replied. We were all so excited because we were going to get to meet Emma and Sapphire’s class! 
After a couple of minutes, we were at Emma’s classroom. 
“Why hello, Emma and Sapphire! These must be your guys’ birds,” Emma’s teacher said jokingly. 
“No, Mr. Portwood! They are mice, not birds!” Emma and Sapphire replied, laughing. 
“Ohh, sorry! Are you guys excited to share your mice with the class?” 
“Yes, we are so excited!” Sapphire answered enthusiastically. 
“Squeak! Squeak!” we said in greeting to the teacher. 
After the rest of the class shared their pets it was finally our turn! Sapphire and I walked to the front of the class and introduced our mice. 
“This is Slate, Brownie, and Lightning,” Sapphire said. 
“And this is Squeakers, Bryn, and Snowball,” I added.
“Aww! The mice are so cute!” Mr. Portwood said. The class echoed their agreement. 
The rest of Emma and Sapphire’s class showed their pets. There were more mice, rats, hamsters, guinea pigs, and even a snake! 
After everyone went, Emma said, “It’s time to go to our next class!” 
We went to two more classes, and all the kids had fun showing off their pets. Finally, it was time for our last class.
When we got to our classroom, there was a sign on the door. I read the sign out loud. “The sign says that our teacher is sick and she couldn’t find a sub… So we can go home early!”
“Yay!” We cheered. 
“Come on, guys, we’re going home now!” Emma exclaimed. She went to her locker and got her backpack, then we left the school. The air outside was cool. Emma called her parents, and soon, they picked us up. We were going back home now!
== Chapter 8 - The Pumpkin Patch ==
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