Milo the mouse sat inside his cosy little hole in the skirting board, wrapped in a soft scrap of cotton wool.
But his tiny nose kept twitching.
“I shouldn’t have dropped my acorn this morning,” he murmured. “And what if it rains tomorrow? What if the cat comes back? What if—”
“Milo.” A sleepy voice came from the corner.
It was old Dadi Mouse, tucked under a thimble like a blanket.
“You’re worrying again,” she said, without opening her eyes.
“But yesterday was so—”
“Yesterday is gone, little one.”
“But tomorrow might—”
“Tomorrow hasn’t arrived yet.”
Milo was quiet.
Dadi Mouse finally opened one eye. “What do you have right now, at this very moment?”
Milo looked around. Warm cotton wool. A crumb of roti on the shelf. The soft sound of rain on the window, far away.
“I have… everything I need,” he said slowly.
“Then stop looking elsewhere,” said Dadi Mouse, closing her eye again. “The present moment is the only home we ever really have.”
Milo curled his tail around himself and tucked his nose into the warmth.
The rain came. Gently. Like a lullaby.
And Milo, for the first time in a long time, simply let himself be.
Goodnight, Milo. Goodnight, little worries. You can all go now.
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✨ Words Worth Keeping
🌱 Phrases to Remember
📚 Quick Glossary
🎬 See It in Action
Twitching - Milo's tiny nose kept twitching as he lay awake, unable to stop thinking about everything that had gone wrong.
Murmured - "I should have been more careful," he murmured softly, pulling the cotton wool closer around himself.
Cosy - The little hole in the skirting board was the cosiest place Milo had ever known, warm and quiet and entirely his own.
Present - Dadi Mouse always said that the present moment was the only place where real peace could be found.
Lullaby - The rain fell against the window like a lullaby, soft and steady, until Milo's eyes finally grew too heavy to keep open.
