Checkers the Poor, Poor Mouse Written and Illustrated by Moana, Rebecca, and Jana Click to continue...

Checkers the Poor, Poor Mouse

Written and Illustrated by Moana, Rebecca, and Jana

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Once upon a time on an island far, far away there was a small kingdom. This kingdom was known as Checkersville.


In the little kingdom of Checkersville there lived a small mouse named Checkers.

He had only one problem. It was not that he was small or weak, it was that he couldn’t play checkers, the thing you were judged by in the land of Checkersville.


One day, Checkers got tired of being picked on by mice much younger than himself.

You leave me alone! I am a lot older than you are you tiny, little weakling!

Yeah but I can play checkers and you can’t. HA HA HA!

POKE, POKE!


Checkers walked slowly into his house, sad that he was always picked on.

Oh, if only there was a different game that I COULD play. Click to continue

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Then, Checkers had a brilliant idea.


He spent hours the next day working on his idea, making a new game that he could play. The game he invented was called chess.

I’m BRILLIANT! I’m ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT! No one will pick on Checkers the mighty mouse again!


So he called his one and only friend, Yahtzee, to share the great news with him.

I made up a new game called chess and the knight moves like this and the king moves like this…

Ummm… I don’t get it.

Yahtzee! Yahtzee! Guess what?!

What?


Then, after Yahtzee finally got it, Checkers went to present his new game to the King of Checkersville.


Oh King of Checkersville! Let me present to you my newly invented game. It is called chess and I really hope that you will consider teaching the mice of the village to play my game! Please.


But the king was annoyed.Don’t you come to me with your silly ideas and inventions. You can’t even play checkers. NEVER COME BACK!


Checkers stomped out of palace, angry at the king for bringing him down.


Then, Checkers decided he would get back at the king.

Ooooh! I’ll show everyone how horrible the king really is!


So Checkers talked to every mouse in the village and told them about how horrid the king was and also showed them his new game.

I just need to warn you that King Sorry is a mean man.

He just kicked me out of the palace because he thought

that the game I made up was silly nonsense!

Doo doo doo dee da doo doo

doo doo.

Hay! Wait up!

Oh! What do you need?

(gasp) How could we have such a terrible king? I say we kick him out!


Soon there was a crowd outside the palace chanting.

Get out!

You’re not our king!

Yeah! Argh!


Finally, the crowd burst through the door and chased the king out the window.


Then they made Checkers king.


And Yahtzee got to eat dinner with Checkers every evening.


THE END!!!


CreditsVoices

Moana Sargent as CheckersRebecca Kirby as the narratorEmma Kirby as King Sorry, town mice, and Yahtzee

MunchingJana Jones, Moana Sargent, Rebecca Kirby, and Emma Kirby

Story and IllustrationsMoana SargentRebecca KirbyJana Jones

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