“If the rat had not looked over his shoulder, perhaps his heart would not have broken. And it is possible, then, that I would not have a story to tell. But, reader, he did look.”

—  Kate DiCamillo , book The Tale of Despereaux

The Tale of Despereaux (2004)

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