Chester the Mouse-Guest post

The following post was provided by MRC (aka FlowerWind), 7 year old author, crafting tornado, and second born daughter. This is the first chapter of her NaNoWriMo novel from last November*. If you are unfamiliar with the Young Writer's Program at NaNo, I highly recommend the workbook you can print out. It is a great tool for teaching young ones about noveling.

Chester the Mouse

Chapter One-The Adventure Begins
Once upon a time there was a mouse. His name was Chester. Chester lived in a hole under a mushroom in the garden. The mushroom was quiet and peaceful.
Chester had three neighbors. The first was a brown rabbit named Pinkie. Pinkie had a white fluffy tail. She lived in a raspberry bush. The second neighbor was Binky the tortoise. Binky lives in a tree stump out near the ditch. Squirrel was the third neighbor. He lives in a hole in a tree. He has a collection of nuts. He collects them before winter.
Chester was lonely in his hole by himself. Every sunny day he would go out for a walk over to Binky’s house. Sometimes, he would go to Pinkie’s house. And sometimes, he would even go to Squirrel’s house. On rainy days, Chester would stay home. In the morning he would suck on candy canes that he had found in an old picnic basket. Later he would take naps and eat breakfast and lunch and go to sleep for the night.
For a week, he spent the night at Squirrel’s house.
In May, He would go to the store and buy some sliced cheese, peanut butter, and party stuff. Squirrel’s birthday was on June 1st.
After Squirrel’s birthday all of the visitors would go home and sleep for the night. Binky would go to his tree stump. Pinkie would go to her raspberry bush. Squirrel would stay at her house. And Chester would go to his mushroom.

*I do hereby declare that I typed this manuscript exactly as it was dictated to me, in spite of an overwhelming urge to spot edit.