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A series of short, lyrical tales frames a storyteller who encounters a small singing mouse whose songs transport him into vivid landscapes and meditative visions. Those songs unfold prairies, mountains, lakes, winters and domestic lights, folding memory and longing into scenes that alternate between close natural description and quiet allegory. Many pieces read like condensed fables or reflective sketches that pair human moods with elemental forces and occasional mythic or grotesque imagery. Recurring concerns include solitude, consolation found in the natural world, the passage of time, and the porous boundary between dream and waking life.

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Title: The Singing Mouse Stories

Author: Emerson Hough

Illustrator: Mayo Bunker

Release date: April 7, 2007 [eBook #21004]

Language: English

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THE SINGING MOUSE STORIES


The Singing Mouse Stories

By
EMERSON HOUGH

Author of The Purchase Price, 54-40 or Fight, Etc.

 

With Decorations by

Mayo Bunker

NEW YORK
HURST & COMPANY
PUBLISHERS

Copyright 1910
By Emerson Hough


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THE SINGING MOUSE STORIES