Cantankerous Vee: The Yorkshire Mouse

Entrant in the Bath Awards for Children’s Literature 2025

Short, humorous, children’s story, with a moral!

Best suited for 5-8 year old girls and boys.

In the tiny Yorkshire village of ‘Tubton,’ an elderly lady lived in a cottage. She lived alone;
besides her cat and dog – whom we shall call here ‘Bubble’ and ‘Squeak.’

One morning, a most spectacular event occurred. There in the corner, eating the dog’s biscuits from the bowl, was a mouse. Not just any old mouse you understand; but a very wee, small and petrified mouse…

“No matter how different you are from others, you should celebrate your differences, and simply get on with your fellow beings. Anybody can make friends, whether little or large, fat or thin, short or tall, male or female. One should recognise Unity in Diversity.”

This is the simple tale of Cantankerous Vee the Yorkshire Mouse!

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