A Boy's Life

Once upon a time there was a boy named Mickey. Mickey was a happy, creative boy who loved to play for hours making up all kinds of stories about imaginary people, places, things and situations. Mickey's parents were well meaning people, but they had preconceived ideas about Mickey and life in general. This made Mickey very sad because they kept trying to make Mickey fit in their box and he couldn't fit in it because he was not shaped like their box.  He tried to tell them he did not fit, but they would have nothing of that and shoved him as deep into their box as they could.

Mickey was miserable in their box. The world Mickey lived in thought he belonged in his Mom and Dad's box too. In fact, the world he lived in had an even smaller and more painful box they tried to shove him in.  Mickey used to get in trouble constantly because he could not fit in their boxes and he would fall out all the time. Mickey saw all the other boys around him having fun and being themselves. This pained him greatly. But Mickey looked different from them and so the other boys made fun of Mickey for trying to be like them.

Mickey became very withdrawn and kept to himself to avoid being made fun of by all the other kids. He couldn't, no matter how hard he tried, stay inside the boxes built for him by others, so, he just stayed to himself and was very lonely all the time. Mickey was so sad, so lonely. His heart ached constantly. Mickey thought it would be better to be dead than live hurting and lonely all the time.

And so Mickey went into a deep and dreamless sleep from which he never awakened until one day a beautiful Queen came along and found him sleeping. This Queen took pity on Mickey and kissed his sweet little boy lips and he woke up for the first time in decades. This wonderful Queen did not try to put Mickey back into the box of his parents and the world and this made Mickey very, very happy. Mickey fell in love with this Queen and vowed to serve her forever so grateful was he. And so he did, happily and gratefully forever.