The first thing I noticed as I looked at this book was the title, “The short and incredibly happy life of Riley.” Then I looked at the picture, and I noticed a great big pink mouse cuddling a small man. Then I started wondering, who is Riely?
At first I thought that it was the man, but then I had another look, and I saw that the mouse actually looked like it was comforting the man, so that lead me to believe that Riley was the mouse.
Once we started reading, it became clear that the pink mouse was, in fact, Riley, and Riley was very happy. All he ever wanted was some slugs, or a nice pointy stick to scratch his back with.
Humans however, wanted more than that. They want, and I quote, double-fudge-chocolate caviar-sausage-gourmet-jumbo-size-baby-cow-sheep-chicken-with-extra-thick-whipped-cream-and-msg-sauce-burger.
Riley the mouse only lives for a short time, but throughout his life he makes the most of everything and enjoyed every minute of it. People, however, live for much longer, but they are never content.
At the end of the day, I think that the moral of the story is we need to stop trying to have everything we want and just be happy with a lot less. Just embrace your inner Riley!
I like the beginning of this post as I thought exactly the same things. This book sure has a great moral - you're right people need to learn to be more happy and content with the simple things in life.
ReplyDeleteHow did this story compare to the last one you read by the same author?
Did your group get the same amount of enjoyment out of reading it?
I really enjoy reading your reviews Brooklyn because you always make me think. I wonder if next time you could put your predictions of the book because you did that in Norman and Brenda and I thought that was really good. Do you think that you could take a lesson out of this book?
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