I sometimes wonder what my grandkid imagines Little Old Mouse and Purple Monster look like. I’ve deliberately used only the descriptors he’s provided. When we began telling these stories, Purple Monster had 7 arms and 12 legs. Purple Monster has been pared down to 2 arms and legs. Purple Monster is a bull in a China shop: means well, but he’s big, clumsy, and doesn’t know his strength. Little Old Mouse is precisely that, an inscrutable mouse who walks on his legs and provides love and guidance.