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|range = Christmassy Tales (anthology) | |range = Christmassy Tales (anthology) | ||
|number in range = #5 | |number in range = #5 | ||
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|featuring = [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], [[Panda]] | |featuring = [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul Magrs]], [[Panda]] | ||
|setting = [[Paul and Jeremy's home]], [[Levenshulme]], [[Manchester]] | |setting = [[Paul and Jeremy's home]], [[Levenshulme]], [[Manchester]] | ||
|anthology = | |anthology = Christmassy Tales (anthology) | ||
|writer = | |writer = Paul Magrs | ||
|release date = | |release date = 19 December 2014 (original web release), 3 October 2020 (''Christmassy Tales'' reprint) | ||
|format = Online short story | |||
|series = ''Fester Cat'' | |series = ''Fester Cat'' | ||
|website = Life on Magrs | |||
|prev = The Story of Fester Cat (novel) | |prev = The Story of Fester Cat (novel) | ||
|next = Welcome Home, Bernard Socks (novel) | |next = Welcome Home, Bernard Socks (novel) | ||
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|prev2 = The Everlasting Match Girl (short story) | |prev2 = The Everlasting Match Girl (short story) | ||
|next2 = Baubles (short story) | |next2 = Baubles (short story) | ||
|series3 = [[Life on Magrs]] fiction | |||
|next3 = Some Places in Midtown Manhattan (illustration) {{!}} Some Places in Midtown Manhattan | |||
|prev3 = A Year Since We Met Bernard Socks (short story) | |||
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'''''Fester and the Christmas Mouse''''' was a short, Christmas-themed story released on [[Paul Magrs]]' blog to coincide with the release of ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]''. The story was later collected in Paul Magrs' anthology ''[[Christmassy Tales (anthology)|Christmassy Tales]]'', where it was the fifth story in the release. | '''''Fester and the Christmas Mouse''''' was a short, Christmas-themed story released on [[Paul Magrs]]' blog to coincide with the release of ''[[The Story of Fester Cat (novel)|The Story of Fester Cat]]''. The story was later collected in Paul Magrs' anthology ''[[Christmassy Tales (anthology)|Christmassy Tales]]'', where it was the fifth story in the release. | ||
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== Plot == | == Plot == | ||
In order to help | In order to help publicise Fester's book, ''[[The Story of Fester Cat]]'', [[Paul Magrs (Bafflement and Devotion)|Paul]] tells Fester to write a festive story. | ||
Doing so, Fester decides to tell a story from when he first moved in with Paul and [[Jeremy (Party Fears Two)|Jeremy]]. | Doing so, Fester decides to tell a story from when he first moved in with Paul and [[Jeremy (Party Fears Two)|Jeremy]]. | ||
Starting his story, Fester tells how he had once caught a baby mouse, [[Gleep]], one early [[Christmas Day|Christmas morning]]. | Starting his story, Fester tells how he had once caught a baby mouse, [[Gleep]], one early [[Christmas Day|Christmas morning]]. Scandalised, Paul rescues the mouse from Fester, and lets it free outside, despite Fester's objections. | ||
However, Fester objected to Paul setting outside, not because Fester wanted to eat Gleep, but becuase Gleep would have no way to return to his family in the basement. | However, Fester objected to Paul setting outside, not because Fester wanted to eat Gleep, but becuase Gleep would have no way to return to his family in the basement. | ||
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* [[Gleep's mother]] | * [[Gleep's mother]] | ||
== | == Worldbuilding == | ||
* [[Paul and Jeremy's home]] has a [[basement]]. Gleep and his family live down there. | * [[Paul and Jeremy's home]] has a [[basement]]. Gleep and his family live down there. | ||
=== Books, magazines, and newspapers === | === Books, magazines, and newspapers === | ||
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== Notes == | == Notes == | ||
* The story expands the details surrounding Fester's Christmas in [[2006]]. | * The story expands the details surrounding Fester's Christmas in [[2006]]. | ||
* The story seems to combine events from ''The Story of Fester Cat'' that happened in 2006, 2007, and 2013 - that is, the story, using evidence from the aforementioned story, seems to be set in 2006, but references events that happened in 2007 and 2013. This is likely due to Fester being an | * The story seems to combine events from ''The Story of Fester Cat'' that happened in 2006, 2007, and 2013 - that is, the story, using evidence from the aforementioned story, seems to be set in 2006, but references events that happened in 2007 and 2013. This is likely due to Fester being an {{w|unreliable narrator}}, a trait that was also shown in ''The Story of Fester Cat''. | ||
* The spelling of [[Scoobie (The Story of Fester Cat)|Scoobie]]'s and [[Three-Legged Freddie]]'s names are spelled as "Scooby" and "Three-Legged Freddy", respectively, in this story. These spellings were corrected in the story's re-release in ''Christmassy Tales''. | * The spelling of [[Scoobie (The Story of Fester Cat)|Scoobie]]'s and [[Three-Legged Freddie]]'s names are spelled as "Scooby" and "Three-Legged Freddy", respectively, in this story. These spellings were corrected in the story's re-release in ''Christmassy Tales''. | ||
* Fester's scepticism about Panda being alive is resolved in this story, with Fester accepting Panda's nature. | * Fester's scepticism about Panda being alive is resolved in this story, with Fester accepting Panda's nature. | ||
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[[Category:Stories set in 2012]] | [[Category:Stories set in 2012]] | ||
[[Category:Stories set in Levenshulme]] | [[Category:Stories set in Levenshulme]] | ||
[[Category:2014 short stories]] | |||