Murkelino and Murkelini, the two mice children, nibbled happily on some hazelnuts. “These nuts are just good, fill you up and make you feel good." "After 3 nuts, I'm much faster than daddy Murkel" Murkelino squealed. "Yes, and I'm already not tired after having eaten 2 nuts", replied Murkelini and they continued enjoying their nuts.
Suddenly Steffi, the pretty hen, shot out of her coop with a terrible scream. "HEEEELLLLLPPPPPPPPPPPPPP..."
Woof, woof, woof, woof. "My goodness, do you really have to bark all the time?" asked Mona the pony. "Why the hell are you making such a racket???
Kalle the pig had become really fat, he lay in the barn and whined and cried and grunted. "My belly, my poor belly, it hurts so much and it's all fat, full of air, I think I'm going to die" he wailed terribly as all the animals approached...
Filou was locked in his box and didn't like it at all. The other ponies, old Laika and Mona were grazing in the meadow. Werner and Pia were in the big run. They also thought it was stupid not to be allowed to graze.
Murkelinchen and Murkelino searched the stable for grains that had fallen out of the wheat straw.
"There's so much to eat," Murkelinchen squealed, happy to see so much food. "Great ", snorted Filou...
Murkelini and Murkelino were sitting in the barn, nibbling on grains of wheat that had fallen out of a mountain of straw. "Isn't it a beautiful morning", Murkelino said, watching the sunrise in the sky. Light mist rose and the air was wonderful.
Suddenly there was a noise...
Very carefully Rudy approached the chicken coop. "I think this is the place Daddy Murkel was talking about.
"A nice place, because every now and then you can eat an egg, because it was left alone anyway and it doesn't belong to anybody else," thought Rudy and was about to lie down in the straw in the back corner when he suddenly heard a terrible screaming...
Rudy was sitting in front of an emptied rubbish bin and gleefully ate a blue-green loaf of bread. "Add to that some green sausage, oh was life perfect", Rudy thought.
Then he found some fluffy milk with a soft white fur on top. "How nice that people always leave something for me to eat, even if it sometimes tastes a bit harsh, but I don't have to go looking for it myself." Murkelino and Murkelini looked at this giant big mouse and saw what it was eating. "Come on..."
Ani and Annabell rushed around the yard, hopping on the table, jumping around the campfire stones, running to the straw, hopping in and out again.
"Look Ani..."
Murkelino and Murkelini had already learned a lot and observed a lot. They were always amazed at what there was to learn and how different the animals were.
Murkelini said, "Everyone is unique in some way, whether they are loving or evil. "Yes", said Murkelino, "but I believe that everyone evil can also be loving and everyone who is loving can also be evil sometimes. Let's sneak into the yard and see what's there".
They took each other by the paw and sneaked out of the nest, into the yard.
"Oh, look..."
Getting to know Mack, the dog, was already very exciting and they had learned a lot by watching Mack. "I wonder if he was always like that", Murkelinchen wondered when Murkelino took her by the paw again and said, "Come on, let's go to the farm and see what else there is. Let's visit Steffi, she can tell us something". And poof, they were gone, sneaking from their nest, just under a beautiful rock, near the hazelnut bush, to the chicken coop. What is that horrible grunt?...
Murkelini and Murkelino had met Steffi. She was actually quite nice, but if you want to get her food without asking, it is stealing and she did not like that at all. The two had learned that if you ask Steffi, she is quite friendly and nice and happy to give something. That was good to know when times were bad.
Steffi had talked about Mack, the dog. They wanted to have a look at him. He is supposed to be so mean.
Murkelino and Murkelini had slept well and now have enough energy to find new food.
They had learned to stay together and look out for each other because life is much safer that way. "I'm hungry", Murkelino said, taking Murkelini by the paw to go and find food. Carefully they crept ahead, looking around more often because they had to be able to find the way back to their nest quickly. There were so many dangers that you always had to watch out for.
Their nose brought them to a small stable with a lot of straw, in which it smelled particularly well of grains.
"What is this? "...
"Daddy didn't say that eating something from someone else meant stealing. He didn't say that it can make you feel bad. He also said much too late that cats are enemies of mice and eat them. I don't want to be eaten,..."
After Murkelino and Murkelini had slept well, Daddy Murkel said:" Now we are going into the house of the humans and search for some good food. We have to be very quiet and careful...
Murkel looked happily at his two children Murkelino and Murkelini. Any moment they will open their eyes and then they did. Murkelino looked around and was about to run. When Murkel shouted, "Stop!"...