The Creature Constitution

The Creature Constitution

Independence Hall Philadelphia, 1786 None of the creatures in the hall were able to sleep. Every night, the mice would run through the spiders' webs. Then the spiders would chase the mice.

The crickets would chirp all night. The pigeons in the clock tower would start singing early in the morning. Everyone was tired and unhappy.

Maddy the Mouse had the biggest ears in the hall. She heard everything. She worried that no one would ever sleep.

Then the humans began meeting in the hall. Maddy sneaked into the room and listened as they talked. They needed something with rules that everyone would follow. They called it a constitution.

Maddy thought a constitution was a great idea. She called a meeting. Every creature came. There were so many animals that they could barely move.