Overview[]
Mr. Mean's Coins (Les piécettes de monsieur Avare in French) is a story in the I Grow Up with the Mr. Men and Little Miss series.
It was released in May 1999, and then re-released in 2000.
Plot[]
Do you know Mr. Mean? He lives in a shabby house that is almost in ruins. The windows are broken, there is no heating, and the light is sometimes by candles. Do you think that's sad? Well, of course! He lives like this because he wants to. Because, in fact, he is very rich! He has a big box full of gold coins hidden in his kitchen. But he is very stingy, so he never spends any of them. He just secretly counts them every night. He has only one concern: to always have more gold coins! Something terrible happened at the Bonhomme house today. The shark's teeth from the aquarium were stolen! The investigation is in the hands of Mr. Nosey and Mr. Clever. Who could have stolen the shark's teeth? Mr. Nosey says to Mr. Clever they ask Miss Splendid, who may have took them to make a necklace. Miss Splendid is very upset, saying: "Shark's teeth! Whoa! I only wear cultured pearls!" Mr. Clever then suggests they could ask Miss Brainy for more information, that she replies she knows it's not a good thing to steal but that is all she knows. All day long, Mr. Clever and Mr. Nosey question their friends. Mr. No says no. Miss Curious asks why. Mr. Dizzy didn't know sharks had teeth, and Miss Contrary thought shark eyes had been stolen. At the end of the day, they arrive at Mr. Mean's house. They two had asked him if he had stolen the shark's teeth. And what would Mr. Mean do with them? Mr. Clever, who is very clever indeed exclaims: I've got an idea!" He runs into Mr. Mean's room, lifts up his pillow and discovers the shark's tooth! Mr. Nosey then asks Mr. Clever if he had hid them, but he didn't. Mr. Mean hid it under his pillow so that the Tooth Fairy can come and bring it to them! Mr. Clever then adds this: "Because you stole and cheated, Mr. Mean, you will have to give a coin to every little child who loses a tooth for a year!" Can you imagine what a punishment that will be for Mr. Mean! By the way, when will the baby teeth fall out? This year, look under your pillow and you might find two coins! One from the Tooth Fairy and one from Mr. Mean!
List of Characters[]
- Mr. Mean
- Mr. Nosey
- Mr. Clever
- Little Miss Splendid
- Little Miss Brainy (mentioned)
- Mr. No (mentioned)
- Little Miss Curious (mentioned)
- Mr. Dizzy (mentioned)
- Little Miss Contrary (mentioned)
- Tooth Fairy (mentioned)
Trivia[]
- Because Mr. Mean was behind the plot of stealing the shark's teeth from the aquarium, this means his punishment is to give a coin to every little child who loses a tooth for a year.
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