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Syssareth
Since: Dec, 2013
23rd Jun, 2016 08:36:38 PM
That's a Native American legend, so there are a bunch of versions of that story floating around. The one you're probably thinking of is a book called "The Story of Jumping Mouse" by John Steptoe.
I remember having to read something for school. I actually remember a lot about it, except for the title. I'm fairly certain the protagonist was female, but I could be wrong. I'll just refer to her as female. So, our mouse protagonist meets a frog named Magic Frog, who tells her that she can assist her in finding a fabled land called the Far-Off Land. She then names the protagonist Jumping Mouse. On her travels, Jumping Mouse meets a bison who went blind from drinking poisoned water. Jumping Mouse names this bison Eyes-of-a-Mouse, which causes her to go blind and giving the bison his vision back. To repay her, Eyes-of-a-Mouse takes her as close to the Far-Off Land as he can go. Travelling further brings Jumping Mouse to a wolf who lost his sense of smell due to his pride. She names him Nose-of-a-Mouse, and sacrifices her sense of smell for him. Nose-of-a-Mouse takes Jumping Mouse as close as he can get to the Far-Off Land. Eventually, Jumping Mouse makes it, and Magic Frog appears to her again. The story ends with this quote: