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Despereaux's eyes are open when he is 

introduced to his older siblings,his father 

thinks something that is a special in 

Despereaux eyes. Despereaux was born really 

tiny and started to not act like a normal 

mouse. He started to have interested in stuff 

that wasn't, what mice's do. 

Despereaux does not like to spend his days 

looking for crumbs as the rest of his family 

tends to do. His brother and sister try to teach 

him to act like a mouse, but Despereaux is 

more interested in human things. When 

Despereaux's sister takes him to the library to 

eat the book bindings, he wants to read the 

book. 

Despereaux loves to listen to King Phillip 

playing his guitar and singing to his daughter, 

Princess Pea, every night. Caught up in the 

music, Despereaux breaks a basic “mouse 

rule” and reveals himself to the humans. When 

the princess sees the mouse, he comes even 

closer, and Pea picks him up. Despereaux 

realizes she looks exactly like the picture of 

the princess in the fairy tale he adores, and he 

falls instantly in love.

Then Despereaux breaks an even bigger  

“mouse rule” talking to the humans. He tells 

the princess not to cry and gives her his name 

before he runs off. Despereaux, brother 

Furlough had saw the first moments of 

Despereaux’s meeting with Pea. Furlough runs 

to tell their father, who immediately calls a 

Mouse Council meeting.

Despereaux had not lie to the Mouse council, 

he tells the truth about his crimes. They tell 

him that he has the chance to say some last 

words before he gets lock up. Depereaux said I 

am not sorry.I love her. I love the princess.

The big mice in black hoods escort Despereaux 

through the castle toward the rat-infested 

dungeon. On the way, they pass all the 

beautiful things Despereaux knows he is 

leaving behind. Depereaux is upset at what he 

is leaving all behind. 

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