The Promise Basket BILL RICHARDSON pictures by SLAVKA KOLESAR Groundwood Books House of Anansi Press Toronto Berkeley
When the world was just a little younger and just a little sweeter than it is today a mother lived with her baby daughter in a room that was smaller than small A real mousehole you would have said and in fact there was a mouse who lived there too The mother didn’t mind and the baby didn’t mind The mouse went about her mouse business quietly and professionally The only time she ever made a noise was when she was asleep and cried out fearfully at nightmare cats
