Long, long ago, in a certain place, there lived a mouse and his wife.
The two of them had one very lovely daughter.
"My daughter shall marry the strongest one in the world," said the father mouse.
So he went off to the sun up in the sky.
"Mr. Sun, you are the strongest in the world. Please marry my daughter."
At that, the sun answered.
"No, the cloud is stronger than I am. The cloud can hide me."
The father mouse went to the cloud.
"The wind is stronger than I am," said the cloud. "The wind moves me about."
"The wall is stronger than I am," said the wind. "I cannot get through a wall."
At last the wall spoke.
"The one stronger than me is the mouse. A mouse can gnaw a hole right through me."
The father mouse was very surprised.
"So the strongest thing in the world was the mouse after all."
The daughter married the young mouse next door, and they lived happily ever after.
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