Page 100 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

Are You Man? Or Are You Mouse?
Reggie’s headlong flight slowed at about the time he could see the light coming through the Clock Tower door. It faltered more, as he slipped out the door into the throne room in the Land of Sweets. And it died completely, at the glare the Mouse Queen threw his way when she saw him standing there.
The Mouse Queen was surrounded by empty candy wrappers and half-eaten pies, and she was working on a giant gingerbread house, for she was eating more and enjoying it less. Gone were the days of quick energy and instant joy from a couple candy bars and a handful of toffee. Sugar highs were a thing of the past and her hunger had grown as fast as she had increased in size. Her mood swings had become legendary in the Land of Sweets. Right now, she was down in the dumps and just waiting for something irritating to come by – to give her half an excuse to blow up in a fit of anger and work off some of her sugary overindulgences.
Poor Reggie had walked smack dab into the center of the storm.
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