The Sea Mice and the Stars

It is winter, and in the dark night snow is falling soft as petals. Woken by their mother, two young sea mice stand on their boat and gaze at a sky sparkling with falling stars. These stars are pieces of magic, their uncle tells them, gifts to the sea mice to keep them safe through the harsh winter. Tonight, the mouse family must set out into the dark and the storms to collect the stars . . .