I’ve been terribly nervous and upset lately, and I think it’s because I’m always holding myself in.” Snowbell, the catĪs it turns, the cat which so concerned Stuart has been making a concerted effort to respect the domestic arrangements.

“I sometimes think I’ve got too much self-control for my own good. The understatement in this quote that comes from another member of the household considered potential prey for the feline is yet another example of what makes Stuart so endearing. Having recently befriended a bird for whom the Littles have made a place to sleep in the Boston fern on the bookshelf, Stuart is naturally concerned about the safety of his new friend in a home with a bird’s natural predator. “There’s just something in me that doesn’t trust a cat.” Stuart This particular quote shows Stuart expressing a little smart-alecky frustration with his size always being his defining character trait in reply to a bus conductor’s insults and admission that he had “no idea that in all the world there was such a small sailor.” Sometimes he can be ironic and sometimes he can be a little cheeky. One of the things that makes Stuart such a popular character is that he is given to adopting an attitude at times. Little’s expression of concern that Stuart not be exposed to the story of the Three Blind Mice on the basis of not wanting the little guy to get scared he might be put at risk by an actual knife-wielding homicidal wife of a farmer.

And as good parents all they care about it protecting him from a cruel world. To the Littles, of course, whether Stuart is an actual mouse or not is beside the point he is their son. “I think we had better start thinking about the poem ‘Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.’ I think it might embarrass Stuart to hear mice mentioned in such a belittling manner.” Mrs.

So, then, is Stuart a mouse who happens to have been bore from a woman or is he just a human who takes the form of a mouse? Nowhere does it say that Stuart Little actually is a mouse, only that he looked and acted like a mouse. The opening paragraph of the novel establishes something rather important that is often overlooked by fans as they age. Before he was many days old he was not only looking like a mouse but acting like one, too-wearing a gray hat and carrying a small cane. He was only about two inches high and he had a mouse’s sharp nose, a mouse’s tail, a mouse’s whiskers, and the pleasant, shy manner of a mouse. The truth of the matter was, the baby looked very much like a mouse in every way. Little’s second son arrived, everybody noticed that he was not much bigger than a mouse. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community.

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