Manny felt small, impossibly small and insignificant and unimportant, until Adam reminded him who he really was. Adam recounted all the times Manny had shared his blueberry for brunch and sheltered the anthill from the rain and patiently given the antlings rides around the garden. “You give big, Manny,” he said. “That’s the true measure of a mouse.”
Acrylic on canvas panel board.