Page 149 - Nuts to You - The Nutcracker Retold

Somewhere in Time
Reggie, in the meantime, was stuck somewhere in time – literally. He was in the clock, and in a dither! He was overjoyed to be a mouse again and away from people or at least, away from that girl. Now the mother of the girl hadn’t been half bad. But for the life of him, the proximity to so many people had just about given him fits, half the night. And now here he was – furry, snouted and with eyes like coal, glowing red around the edges. And life was once again good, except he still had to face his mother, with no Nutcracker – and not even with the ravaged remains of the Nutcracker – as he had been told to do.
He didn’t know if he should go back to Mummy, or not. Actually, he knew, absolutely, in all certainty, no-doubt- about-it, that there was no way in the world he was going back to Mummy – not without PROOF. And that blasted girl had the proof! Reggie knew he had nowhere else to go. For how could a four-foot mouse hope to escape notice in a well-run household? I mean, he thought, even humans aren’t THAT blind.
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