...Once upon a time.. in a beautiful forest, lived a little mouse, he was a very sweet little mouse, and a funny little mouse, but...he was a curious little mouse, and he was fascinated by the world...One afternoon, as he was coming home from the fish pond, he saw the postman deliver the mail to the shiny  red mailbox...he ran down the path to see if anything came for him...white envelope, brown envelope, a magazine...ahhh and at the bottom of the pile of mail, he saw a colourful postcard...it was for him!!... He had a friend named Mario the Canary, Mario was a little yellow bird  who was famously an amazing opera singer...Mario used to live in Italy with an Italian human family as a pet...his  mom was a famous Opera singer named Signora Francesca Cuzzoni ...every afternoon her voice coach would come over to the sunny parlor were the large grand Cherino stood, and they would practice their scales...Mario would listen carefully from his lovely cage which he lived in near the big bay window on the top floor of the Italian villa...he would sing along with Signora Francesca...Doe...Ray...Me...Fa...So...La...Tee...Doe...Mario would practice all afternoon with Signora Francesca, and she adored him for it..after her lessons, she would let Mario out of his cage, and let him sit on her finger...together they would sing Opera songs together...sometimes Mario would just sit, and listen to the beautifully poetic songs the Signora would sing...to him, she sounded like an angel...That was a long time ago...Mario now lived in a beautiful French vineyard in Bordeaux France...he taught other birds how to sing the way he did...they often travelled all over the world and performed their Opera songs...Hence the postcard...Mario was coming to the Beautiful forest in 2 days!...Haxley hadn’t seen Mario in a long, long time...and he was soooo excited to get the postcard from him saying he was coming...Mario wrote in his postcard that he would be performing a concert, and he wanted Haxley to come and sit in the front row!!...Haxley couldn’t wait to see his old friend...he went to the market and bought the ripest, reddest tomatoes, and the freshest green basil...he picked some garlic from the garden...and took them into the kitchen...he was making Mario's favorite tomato sauce...Haxley knew now much Mario loved pasta & sauce!...When Mario finally arrived Haxley was so excited, Mario brought a wonderful bottle of wine, and they enjoyed Haxley’s superb homemade pasta & sauce...the two friends shared stories, and caught up on life...then, as the evening came near, they walked over to the big stage were Mario was performing...Haxley felt like such VIP guest...him and Mario went backstage, and sipped on champagne before the concert...as the stage lights dimmed, and the opening band started to play beautiful classical music, Haxley made his way to the front row of the stage....a few moments later...Mario appeared on stage...and began to sing....his voice loud, and strong, like the sound of thunder...the concert was beautiful...it was such a fabulous experience to be a part of such majestic music which echoed into the night starlit forest...after the concert was over, Haxley and Mario went to the after party...there were many celebrities there...all of them congratulating Mario for such a brilliant performance...indeed... Haxley told Mario he was privileged to have such a famous friend!...Mario just laughed and rolled his eyes..."Ohhh Haxley, I’m the one that’s lucky to have such a wonderful friend like you!" he said...The next morning Mario was flying to Miami...the two of them stayed up all night until the sun came up...Haxley said farewell to his good friend, and was looking forward to seeing him again soon...