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They were trying to find "cooperation". They looked everywhere together not knowing what they were looking for.
Love it. Looking forward to seeing what else comes in : )
That what they were looking for was already in each of them...the ability to reach their dream.
they wanted to see where the water went as it rushed along the river bank, where the wind went as it hurried through the trees, where the clouds went as they traveled across the sky...
Mouse stood on Bird who stood on Elephant who stood on Alligator who stood on Turtle who stood on Snake. And still they could not see! "A little higher!" said Mouse. "I must find the magic rope and climb to the Moon so we can feast on all that Cheese!"
They were looking for the blower of the wind. The wind that had blown away their houses. Their houses that had kept them apart until the wind had blown the houses away. Their houses without which they had met and had become friends. Friends that they wanted to thank the blower of the wind for. That was why they were looking for the blower.
The mouse is seeking far and wide for what Oneness looks and feels like. S/he thinks, "Maybe I might see it from the moon, if I could only reach and grab hold of a moonbeam..." S/he finally notices the towering shadow cast by the sun, all of the helpers melded together into one shape. Individuals, yet One.
Wait, not a moonbeam. A ray of sunshine to get to a cloud, but the sun is too hot and bright, so the mouse turns away, and that's when s/he sees the shadow.
Trying to find where the sun goes each night. It keeps sneaking away even as they climb up to see where it spends it's evenings!
"The Rainbow Maker/keeper" - Who makes the rainbow swhere they come from and where they goes. It appears and disappears. Where do rainbows go, where .
Mouse stood on bird
who stood on elephant
who stood on alligator
who stood on turtle
who stood on snake
and still they
could not see...
-
That the six of them together
could accomplish any deed.
So never go it alone
when you can turm a me into a we!
(based on the moon illusion) the moon has gotten stuck in a tree, or so the animals think, and they are working together to help it find it's way...
That troublemaking rooster who had taken their lovely painting.
"We shouldn't have drawn such a comely hen," said the elephant who doubted himself yet again.
"She was quite a sight."
"And the rooster took flight."
"With our hen and the barn door decor."
The saddened snake sighed, "All that work! I could cry!"
But the mouse said, "Oh, snake, wait! If you'll just stand up straight....he's just leaving the gate!"
"Is he coming this way?"
"Lean left, dear bird, say...is that our model he's courting today?"
the item in I Spy that began with a Z!
Which view was the best? To the east or the west? Which room should they give to their honorable guest?
And still they could not see...
Who was making it rain so much,
who made flower the trees.
They wanted to meet this Mother Nature
and discuss this problem with the bees!
Now I imagine a story in which the animals are not happy with the bees, and thus, they want to complain about the flowers to Mother Nature. And then throughout the story, she shows a world without flowers and then a world without bees!And at the end, they realize, every creature is valuable and necessary!
the atmosphere..
mouse stood on bird
who stood on elephant
who stood on alligator
who stood on turtle
who stood on snake
and still they
could not see...CATERPILLAR.
All they saw were beautifully-painted wings.
All they heard was a soft flutter.
All Mouse felt was joy.
"High enough!" Mouse called down. "The view...is amazing."
Butterfly winked. "It sure is."
And still they could not see over the zoo wall.
But mouse had told them that there was a bigger world out there and they wanted to see it for themselves!
Mouse stood on
bird who stood on
elephant who
stood on
alligator who
stood on
turtle
who
stood
on snake.
AND
STILL
THEY
COULD
NOT
SEE!
Inside Rapunzel's tower where the most enticing smell was coming from.
The end of all of the possibilities!
I'm sure they were trying to figure out where that odd shifting shadow shape was coming from!
This is a metaphor for all of us standing on the shoulders of those who support us, lift us up, and help us get higher so that we can see better. The animals keep looking higher and higher, thinking they will see that thing which will make a difference in their lives. A few pages along they realize that what they are looking for has been inside them, and in those who have been supporting them, all along.
Monkey said it was bigger than anything he had ever seen.
Lion told me it stretches wide across the bottom of the sky.
Giraffe told me a cool breeze blows from it.
Zebra told me it comes up close, and then goes back, over and over.
Gull said it is full of creatures that slip and glide.
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