#the gruffalo mouse

[doyouhavethisplush]

Do you have this plush?

The Gruffalo Mouse, by Julia Donaldson

[fandomsandhappiness]

[bunnziebobcat]

Fan Art Friday - The Gruffalo

This week's #FanArtFriday features The Gruffalo, from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's book of the same name. We'll miss you, Robbie Coltrane, who voiced the title character in the animated television film.

[shy-urban-hobbit]

“I mean, you’ve got to feel a little sorry for them really haven’t you?” Jaskier said from where he was mopping up the last of the evidence of the half dead rat Roach had thoughtfully decided to gift them (the first time it happened he’d shrieked in surprise before Geralt put it out of its misery with a matter of fact “Welcome to country living, city boy”). Geralt gave a non committal hum from where he was warming milk up for Ciri on the stove. The little girl sat colouring at the large kitchen table - too large for two, but that would change when Geralt’s brothers and any guests they decided to bring descended on them.

“I mean they’re just minding their own business like, Oh I’m a hungry rat. Please don’t kill me.” Here Jaskier put on a slightly squeaky voice and held up his hands in imitation of paws, still holding onto the mop, “And then wham one of the last things they see is Roach’s teeth coming towards them. So many teeth.” He gave the resident farm cat a critical stare and received a dismissive tail flick in response.

Ciri giggled at his antics which caused him to grin back at her in return. It always felt like a special sort of personal victory when he managed to coax a laugh out of the little girl.

Despite being together for six months, he was still being introduced to her as her father’s ‘friend’ (which was true enough, they wouldn’t be dating if they didn’t get along) and Jaskier was happy to go along with it. Geralt had explained without revealing too much that the little one had been let down by too many adults in her life already, himself included, and ‘boyfriend’ was maybe just a little too official sounding for the time being (and if he said his heart hadn’t broken a little for the five year old smiling at him from Geralt’s phone, he’d by lying), especially after the shit that had gone down with his ex. Geralt hadn’t gone into detail but from what Jaskier had gathered, the woman had had a hidden agenda in wanting to get back with Geralt and Ciri had almost gotten seriously hurt as a result. Geralt had blamed himself for jumping back into the relationship too quickly and so, any potential partners now had to pass what Jaskier had dubbed ‘The Ciri test’.  

He liked to think he’d passed the first portion with flying colours, the tiny blonde seeming perfectly comfortable with him in public places. Now they were dipping their toes into Jaskier staying in their home for longer periods, with Jaskier having graduated from the guest bedroom to sharing with Geralt the previous visit (the brunette wanting the ground to swallow him up when she happily informed her Uncle Eskel of ‘Daddy’s sleepover’ when the man had dropped by unexpectedly the following morning. Geralt had just shrugged and told him to be thankful it hadn’t been Lambert; who could and would, happily take the piss forever).

“Alright Ciri, put your things away and then go get your bedtime book. I’ll be in in a minute.” Geralt said, pouring the warm milk into a plastic My Little Pony cup.

“I want Jask.” Ciri declared form where she was trying to force the crayons back into their box by the (relatively small) handful, Causing both adults to stop what they’d been doing and stare at one another. This was new.

“You sure you don’t want daddy?” Jaskier asked, looking to Geralt for some sign as to what he should do.

“You do better funny voices. Daddy’s all sound the same.”

It took everything Jaskier had not to burst out laughing at that as he took in the minute eye twitch from the other man at that statement, “Geralt?”

Geralt nodded, “Mind if I stay and listen? You know how much I love The Gruffalo.”

Jaskier snorted and felt a surge of fondness. The lies we tell for our children.

It ended up being a joint effort, with Geralt guest starring as The Gruffalo “On account of you being so, well...gruff.” and admitting to a slightly too smug looking Jaskier and a mostly asleep Ciri that “Yes, Jaskier does better voices for everyone else. Especially Mouse.”

"Everything ok? You’ve gone all quiet on me.” Jaskier said from where he had his head in Geralt’s lap as they watched some mindless Netflix show. “I didn’t overstep did I?” He was suddenly frantic, his anxieties bubbling back up to the surface now that he didn’t have a performance and an audience to focus on, “I know you probably just said yes so things wouldn’t be awkward. I probably should have told her no and come up with an excuse but how can anybody say no to that face-“

“Jaskier. It’s fine, honestly.” Geralt said, rubbing his hands up and down Jaskier’s arm in a way he knew calmed him, “I’ve built up something of an immunity to Ciri’s puppy eyes. I would’ve said no if I had a problem with it. I’m just thinking.”

“About?”

“About how I might have a question for Ciri.”

The next morning saw Jaskier seeing both of them off with a hug (also accompanied by fishing a stray cheerio out of Ciri’s hair which he had been too tired to question) before heading back to his city apartment and his job as a music tutor.

“Ciri?” Geralt asked, putting her school backpack by the door as he knelt down to help her button up her coat, “You know how Aiden is Uncle Lambert’s boyfriend?"

It had slowly been killing Jaskier not to check his phone as soon as the text notification came through but he was nothing if not professional and he would not check his phone when he was in the middle of a lesson. Thank the Gods he did wait as he was prettu sure he gave his retreating student a minor heart attack with the squeal he let out at Geralt’s message:

‘Ciri has been proudly announcing to her classmates this morning that Jaskier is her daddy’s boyfriend. Much disappointment from the single mums.’

[ephemeriee]

obsessed with the idea of this being a youth voting campaign and also the fact that it implies the mouse from the gruffalo is old enough to vote and also the fact that the gruffalo has valid photo id

[cliveguy]

*texting my mum* yeah schools busy haha today we analysed a short thriller about a guy who manifests a monster that he invented to keep himself safe from a hostile society. crazy stuff. *texting the class groupchat* storytime was wild today the mouse scared the shit out of that gruffalo

[haveyoureadthispoem-poll]

"A mouse took a stroll through the deep dark wood. / A fox saw the mouse, and the mouse looked good. // 'Where are you going to, little brown mouse? / Come and have lunch in my underground house.' // "It's terribly kind of you, Fox, but no – / I'm going to have lunch with a gruffalo." // 'A gruffalo? What's a gruffalo?' / 'A gruffalo! Why, didn't you know?'"

Read it here | Reblog for a larger sample size!

[sphylor]

ok so we all know that little Rain loves Octonauts but little Dew is a Gruffalo kid. he loves The Gruffalo. he has special Gruffalo pyjamas and Gruffalo slippers and reads the book (or gets someone else to read it to him) and watches the animations all the time. one time Cumulus bought him some Gruffalo stickers and now al over the ghoul den there's little Gruffalos and mice and foxes and owls and snakes stuck everywhere. he stomps around pretending to be the Gruffalo and pretends little mousey is the little brown mouse. he gets the other ghouls to reenact the book with him (Swiss is the fox, Cirrus is the owl, Rain is the snake and Mountain narrates). sometimes if Dew's not in a bad mood, Mountain will get the words wrong on purpose just so he can hear Dew giggle and go "tha's no' the wigh' words Mounty!" and then he'll say the correct line. when Dew age regresses he sometimes has trouble eating and needs to be encouraged a bit more (due to texture issues mostly) so Swiss makes him scrambled snake (scrambled eggs) for breakfast or lunch and roasted fox (roast chicken or sometimes just chicken nuggets) for dinner and gruffalo crumble with a side of owl ice cream (apple crumble with vanilla ice cream) for dessert. he beams whenever someone calls him a big scary Gruffalo.

[the-mouse-joust]

Tournament Tracker and Bracket

[Image ID: There are four images. The first on the top left is a complete image of a 48 character bracket, with many brackets on left and right combining into brackets until there is only one space for a name in the middle. Character names are written in boxes along the brackets in italics except for in the center. The second image on the top right shows the winner of the Mouse Joust, the Wooden Mouse, looking up at a golden mouse trophy. The third image on the bottom left shows the second place winners, Pinky and the Brain, with the Brain holding up the silver trophy while Pinky looks happily at him. The final image on the bottom right shows Reepicheep, the third place winner, standing atop the bronze trophy. /.End ID]

The Mouse Joust has reached its conclusion! Our final results:

First Place: Wooden Mouse

Second Place: Pinky and the Brain

Third Place: Reepicheep

Fourth Place: Mrs. Frisby/Brisby

A complete list of characters that competed in the Mouse Joust can be found here: https://the-mouse-joust.tumblr.com/post/715875765743484928/mouse-joust-list

You can also use the tag: #mousejoust character list

This post was updated to be referencing wherever we were in the tournament, and also lists results from each round. I will pin this post, as well as use the tag #mousejoust tracker for this post only.

Results from previous rounds:

Round 1 Side A (#mousejoust r1sa results)

Daroach (67%) VS Ms. Mowz (33%): Daroach

Click the Mouse (64.8%) VS Maus (35.2%): Click the Mouse

Danger Mouse (55.8%) VS Mouser (44.2%): Danger Mouse

Three Blind Mice (70.8%) VS La Souris Verte (29.2%): Three Blind Mice

Algernon (80%) VS The Mouse (Froth on the Daydream) (20%): Algernon

Jaq & Gus (26.3%) VS Pinky & the Brain (73.8%): Pinky and the Brain

Mona (65.1%) VS Oliver (34.9%): Mona

Tutter (68.4%) VS Wemberly (31.6%): Tutter

Round 1 Side B (#mousejoust r1sb results)

Speedy Gonzales (61%) VS Mouse (The Gruffalo) (39%): Speedy Gonzales

Cartesian (37.6%) VS Poppy (62.4%): Poppy

Angelina Ballerina (54%) VS Chrysanthemum (46%): Angelina Ballerina

KiracCHU (33.6%) VS The Mouse (The Giant Turnip) (66.4%): The Mouse (The Giant Turnip)

Martin the Warrior (79%) VS Quill (21%): Martin the Warrior

Rastamouse (27%) VS Wooden Mouse (73%): Wooden Mouse

Quinley (73.8%) VS Diddl (26.2%): Quinley

Ralph Stilton (42%) VS Warehouse Mouse (58%): Warehouse Mouse

Round 2 Side A (#mousejoust r2sa results)

Daroach (62.8%) VS Click the Mouse (37.2%): Daroach

Danger Mouse (22.4%) VS Pinky and the Brain (77.6%): Pinky and the Brain

Algernon (64.6%) VS Three Blind Mice (35.4%): Algernon

Mona (43.1%) VS Tutter (56.9%): Tutter

Basil of Baker Street (66.9%) VS Gadget Hackwrench (33.1%): Basil of Baker Street

Mrs. Frisby/Brisby (72%) VS Squeak (28%): Mrs. Frisby/Brisby

Stuart Little (32%) VS Ralph S. Mouse (68%): Ralph S. Mouse

Maisy Mouse (52.2%) VS Roquefort (47.8%): Maisy Mouse

Round 2 Side B (#mousejoust r2sb results)

Angelina Ballerina (74.3%) VS The Mouse (The Giant Turnip) (25.7%): Angelina Ballerina

Quinley (46.8%) VS Speedy Gonzales (53.2%): Speedy Gonzales

Warehouse Mouse (36.5%) VS Wooden Mouse (63.5%): Wooden Mouse

Martin the Warrior (71.9%) VS Poppy (28.1%): Martin the Warrior

Despereaux (69.7%) VS Celestine (30.3%): Despereaux

Reepicheep (82.7%) VS Mickey Mouse (17.3%): Reepicheep

Jerry (63.7%) VS Tandemaus (36.3%): Tandemaus

Geronimo Stilton (51.4%) VS Fieval Mousekewitz (48.6%): Geronimo Stilton

Round 3 (#mousejoust r3 results)

Angelina Ballerina (48.6%) VS Wooden Mouse (51.4%): Wooden Mouse

Daroach (55.4%) VS Ralph S. Mouse (44.6%): Daroach

Algernon (39.7%) VS Pinky and the Brain (60.3%): Pinky and the Brain

Martin the Warrior (45.1%) VS Reepicheep (54.9%): Reepicheep

Despereaux (51.2%) VS Geronimo Stilton (48.8%): Despereaux

Maisy Mouse (51%) VS Tutter (49%): Maisy Mouse

Jerry (35.6%) VS Speedy Gonzales (64.4%): Jerry

Basil of Baker Street (44.6%) VS Mrs. Frisby/Brisby (55.4%): Mrs. Frisby/Brisby

Round 4 (#mousejoust r4 results)

Jerry (38.1%) VS Wooden Mouse (61.9%): Wooden Mouse

Daroach (41.4%) VS Pinky and the Brain (58.6%): Pinky and the Brain

Despereaux (41.1%) VS Reepicheep (58.9%): Reepicheep

Maisy Mouse (37.4%) VS Mrs. Frisby/Brisby (62.6%): Mrs. Frisby/Brisby

Round 5 (#mousejoust r5 results)

Wooden Mouse (50.9%) VS Reepicheep (49.1%): Wooden Mouse

Mrs. Frisby/Brisby (48.2%) VS Pinky and the Brain (51.8%): Pinky and the Brain

Round 6 (#mousejoust r6 results)

For first place: Wooden Mouse (50.1%) VS Pinky and the Brain (49.9%): Wooden Mouse

For third place: Mrs. Frisby/Brisby (47.3%) VS Reepicheep (52.7%): Reepicheep

[re-fried-beanz]

Does anyone remember the Gruffalo?

I used to read it to my little sister all the time before bed. I’d read it in those silly little voices she loved and would even recite parts of it from memory as a show of my affection and appreciation. I couldn’t find it tonight. I was sad though she hadn’t requested it. I just felt a need to see that mouse and read the words. To feel those thick child like pages and appreciate the art and story. Its cover was torn and peeling from years of use and nights of storytelling.

Does anyone remember the Gruffalo?

[inthelittlegenny]

sole and danse give me mouse and gruffalo vibes

[liamlawsonlesbian]

thanks for the tags @omigodyall @bright-and-burning I love youuuuuuu

post the last 4 pics from your camera roll (NOT gallery) and tag as many people as you want to do the same!

okay so cheated slightly bc I don’t post pics of the niblings on here but

(1) let the two year old use facepaint on me

(2) peach pie I made (at my dad’s request — he said it was for my stepmom and then she wasn’t even there lollll)

(3) demonstration of summer weather where I live that I sent to rissa

(4) drawing five year old nibling pushed under the bathroom door (“I wish for mouse frum The Gruffalo”)

tagging @oscarpiastriwdc @f1-giuki @vegasgrandprix @gayferrari

[tnybunnihops]

🌷The A-Z of shows to watch while regressed 🌷

Obviously these aren’t all of them, just a few that I could think of :)

Arthur, Adventure Time

Bluey, Blues clues, Bananas in Pyjamas, Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom, Bee and Puppycat, Ben 10

Carebears, Curious George, Charlie and Lola

Dinosaur Train, Doc McStuffins, Dead End: Paranormal Park

Ever After High, Elena Of Avalor

Fireman Sam

Guess How Much I Love You, Gravity Falls

Hey Duggee, Hilda, H2O Just Add Water

In The Night Garden

J -

Kung Fu Panda

Little Lunch

Mister Maker, Mickey Mouse, My Little Pony, Miraculous, Masha and the Bear, Mako Mermaids

N -

Octonauts

Peter Rabbit, Peppa Pig, Paw Patrol, PJ Masks, Peg + Cat

Q -

Room On The Broom

Steven Universe, Scooby Doo, Spongebob, Sesame Street, Strawberry Shortcake, Sarah and Duck, Sofia The First

The Gruffalo, The Magic School Bus, Trollhunters

U -

Vampirina

We Bare Bears

Y -

Zog

[warrenwoodhouse]

The Gruffalo (2009) (Film Reviews) (Reviews)

It’s a wonderful, beautiful and charming film centred around the Fox, the Owl, the Snake and the Gruffalo’s misfortunes of being outsmarted by a tiny Mouse. It’s a short children’s animated film and is a must to watch either on your own or with your child.

Approved by my two year old niece, Heidi.

[multistoty]

It was quite late and the sky has darkened enough that the stars were beginning to appear, creating a beautiful kind of scene over the trees lining the property of their villa. It reminded her of the bayou, in those weeks during her pregnancy and then after Hope’s birth when she had spent all night lying on the forest floor and staring up at the sky with a mind full of worry. Hayley sighed, leaning her weight on the railing of the patio, and heard the sliding door open behind her.

“She sleeping?” she murmured, almost afraid to wake Hope even from the distance between them. The last she had heard, Hope had still been resisting sleep in spite of Klaus’ best efforts. Usually, Hayley would help, especially when their daughter was in that fussy mood, but tonight her mind was too crowded. “Did you have to read The Gruffalo again?” A small smile tugged on her lips. That was a vibrant moment to remember: Klaus Mikaelson reading a storybook about a mouse making the whole forest fear him. Hope was even starting to demand funny voices.

@soughthope