| 1 | !!The novel |
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| 3 | * The stories of the five children who disappeared because of witches. One girl just disappeared without a trace. One boy disappeared after walking off with a woman wearing white gloves. Another boy got turned into a stone statue and his parents used him as an umbrella stand. Another girl got turned into a chicken who laid brown eggs. Another boy got turned into a porpoise after jumping into a river, although he seemed happy with his altered state. But the most tragic story of all is the girl who became trapped in the painting of a farm house her family bought. The most peculiar thing was that she would always change positions in the painting: one day, she would be feeding the ducks, the next day she would be looking out the window and the day after that she would be standing by the fence looking out the painting. And as the years went by, the girl aged as well until she became an old woman and slowly began to vanish until one day she was gone entirely. |
| 4 | * The book's BittersweetEnding. The Boy is sadly fated to remain a mouse for the rest of his life, and since a mouse-person's lifespan usually lasts about nine years, it's implied he will pass way around the same time as Grandmama (''if'' she's lucky enough to live for another decade). However, [[ThePollyanna he doesn't let this bother him]], as long as he gets to spend the rest of his shortened life by his grandma's side. |
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| 6 | !!The graphic novel |
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| 8 | * Shortly after being transformed into a mouse, The Boy sees his own pet mice and attempts to explain what happened but they no longer recognize him and run away. Hurt by this, he stops to cry. |
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