Book: The Clever Mouse کتاب موش زبل
The Clever Mouse: A Story of Courage, Kindness, and True Victory
The Clever Mouse is an adventurous children’s story about a fast and helpful little mouse who discovers that true victory is not always about winning a race.
In the city of mice, there is a famous annual race. Everyone knows one mouse better than anyone else: The Clever Mouse. Thanks to his incredible speed, he has won the race year after year.
But the Clever Mouse is not famous only because he is fast. He is also known for helping the other residents of the city whenever they need him.
One day, a little mouse in the village becomes seriously ill. The medicine he needs is not available nearby, and the pharmacy is in another city.
Because of his great speed, everyone hopes that the Clever Mouse can bring the medicine quickly.
However, another mouse has a secret plan.
This mouse has always finished second in the annual race, and he desperately wants to win. He knows that if the Clever Mouse takes part in the race, he will probably lose again. So, he gives the Clever Mouse incorrect directions and sends him on the wrong route.
The Clever Mouse begins his journey, unaware that he has been deceived.
Along the way, he meets a mouse who works as a cook. The journey becomes an unexpected adventure, but the Clever Mouse eventually reaches the pharmacy and obtains the medicine.
On his way home, however, he follows the wrong route again—a dangerous path filled with obstacles and risks.
During the journey, the Clever Mouse injures his leg and can no longer move as quickly as before.
Fortunately, the mouse cook finds him and comes to his aid.
With determination and courage, the Clever Mouse continues his journey and finally manages to bring the medicine back home. The sick little mouse receives the medicine and gets better.
But there is one thing the Clever Mouse does not manage to do.
He misses the annual race.
At first, it seems that the mouse who had always finished second has finally achieved his goal. But as the events of the journey become known, the residents of the city discover what really happened.
The truth eventually comes out.
The other mouse realizes how wrong his actions were. He understands that trying to win by deceiving someone was not a real victory.
He apologizes to the Clever Mouse and tells him something important:
The real winner is you.
The Clever Mouse may not have crossed the finish line first that year, but he accomplished something far more important. He helped a sick child, faced danger, continued despite being injured, and never gave up.
What Does It Mean to Be a Real Winner?
The Clever Mouse offers children an important lesson about kindness, honesty, perseverance, and the meaning of true success.
Winning a competition can make someone a winner for a moment. But helping someone in need, keeping your courage in difficult situations, and doing the right thing can make someone a winner in a much deeper sense.
The story also shows how jealousy and the desire to win at any cost can lead us to make serious mistakes. The mouse who wanted to win eventually understands that a victory achieved through deception is not something to be proud of.
Sometimes, the most important race is not the one with a finish line.
It is the race to do the right thing.
About the Book
Title: The Clever Mouse / موش زبل
Author: Hossein Lotfali / حسین لطفعلی
Illustrator: Homa Nezam Abadi / هما نظام آبادی
Editor: Zohreh Nezam Abadi / زهره نظام آبادی
Publishers: Felfel Ghermez Publications / Nikayesh Publications / انتشارات فلفل قرمز
ISBN: 978-622-90437-9-0
National Bibliography Number: 9506391
Dewey Decimal Classification: 599.32 FA
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