The Twelve Queens' wish

"One night, a long time ago... our travels had taken us to a quaint little village. It was a beautiful night; the stars were sparkling like diamonds high above to house of that sleepy old town." Jim Crow's voice narrated as we now see a small town in the middle of the night with stars glittering above the houses and the camera starts moving towards the lower left.

"Pretty as a picture." Timothy's voice added as the camera then stopped moving when we see a small house with a light in the window.

"As we wandered along the crooked streets, there wasn't a soul to be seen." Lil' Urle added as the camera slowly moves in towards the house, "In fact, the only sign of life was a lighted window in the house of twelve queens."

"So...we hopped over." Tyrone added. "And looked in."

The camera then 'hopped' towards the house and stopped at the window, revealing a glowing fireplace and many carved/hand crafted items. The view then shows Timothy and the crows, dressed in their hula dresses. Timothy was now wearing a red flower, a purple lei, and a green grass skirt. Jim Crow was now wearing a purple flower, a blue lei, and a green grass skirt. Lil' Urle was now wearing a pink flower, a red lei, and a green grass skirt. Big Daddy Lou was now wearing a yellow flower, an orange lei, and a green grass skirt. Reverend Zachariah was now wearing a green flower, a blue lei, and a green grass skirt. And Tyrone was wearing a blue flower, a green lei, and a green grass skirt.

"It seemed a pity of letting a nice warm fire like that going to waste. So what did we do?" Reverend Zachariah said as he, his brothers, and Timothy jumped from the window and squeezed under the doorway. "We go in! Well, we looked around too..."

Timothy, Jim Crow, Reverend Zachariah, Lil' Urle, Big Daddy Lou, and Tyrone glanced back and forth, keeping an eye out as they began to scurry from place to place as Timothy narrated, "Of course, being in a strange place like this, we didn't know what to even expect. Five crows and a circus mouse can't be too careful, you know."

Jim Crow then dashed to a hiding place and signaled for his brothers and Timothy to follow, as they joined Jim Crow behind the hiding spot. Six of them peeked out for any sign of a person or thing. They relaxed and smiled as they stepped out from their hiding place.

"Soon, as we saw no one was about, we made ourselves at home." Lil' Urle said as the crows and the circus mouse stepped closer to the fireplace and Tyrone carefully pulled out a hot coal with a stick and soon, they were warming themselves as they glanced around.

"As we stood there warming...ourselves, we took a look about." Big Daddy Lou said as we see different objects and gadgets. "Well, guys: you've never SEEN such a place like this! The most fantastic clocks you've ever laid eyes on and all carved of wood too. Cute little music boxes, each one a work of art."

"Mm-hmm. Shelf after shelf with toys and..." Jim Crow paused as he, his brothers, and Timothy noticed something else. "And then something caught our eyes: Twelve dolls! You know, those girl things. They kinda looked like rag dolls."

Indeed, what Timothy, Jim Crow, and his brothers saw twelve dolls that looked like two mice, eight human girls, a pink hedgehog, and a snake. One of them was a mouse, wearing a blue dress and a matching bow. She also wears yellow slippers. Her name was Minnie Mouse.