Stuart Little #5

I will be reading through the end of the book. After this post there will be another post that I will publish today because I forgot to post last week.

Stuart stops by a general store to get a drink of sarsparilla (soda pop). He waits for the manager to come out, and when he does (for his ciggarette break) he offers Stuart a ciggarette! I thought this was strange because the manager just sat next down next to a mouse, and he offered a mouse a ciggarette, that's just weird. Stuart asks the manager if he's seen Margalo and the manager says that he hasn't. The manager tells Stuart of a girl about his height,(2 inches)named Harriet Ames who lives in the town. The next day Stuart sees Harriet at the post office, and is very excited to meet her. Stuart becomes shy and hides from her, but once she has left he decides to write her a letter for a meeting the very next day. He finds out that his canoe is leaky and fixes the leaks with some spruce gum. When 5 o-clock comes Harriet Ames comes down the path for the meeting. The two finally meet and Stuart is ecstatic. He takes Harriet down to the shore for thier canoe ride, and finds his canoe in shambles. Stuart is stressing out about his canoe. Harriet invites Stuart to come to the Country Club with her but he denies the invitation. After a rainy night Stuart continued on his way. He met a repairman on the way, and Stuart asked him if he'd seen Margalo. The repairman said no and Stuart continued north on his way to find Margalo. I thought this was a really strange ending and I didn't like it very much. The ending was too abrupt and open-ended for me.

I am finished with the book

-Scott