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Miggery Sow is six and her mother dies.
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Miggery is traded by her father for some cigarrettes. a red tablecloth, and a chicken.
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Miggery is seven and she sees the royal family. Princess Pea also sees Miggery.
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Roscuro is born in the depths of the dungeon.
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Despereaux is born with is eyes open and his ears very large. He is also very different. Later on, he doesn't participate in what the other mice do.
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Roscuro nibbles on Gregory's rope and a match is put to his face. From then on, he wants to see fire.
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Roscuro talks to Botticelli and Botticelli hypnotizes him to be cruel and torture all the prisoners.
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Roscuro goes up to the castle and sees a party. Then the princess spots him and he falls into the queen's soup. The queen dies and the princess gives Roscuro a very mean and dirty look.
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Roscuro see a new prisoner and tortures him. Then he takes the prisoner's blanket.
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While Roscuro is planning for revenge, a mouse is hearing music. When Despereaux is listening to the music, he ends up seeing the Princess and her father, the king, and falls in love with her.
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Despereaux is summoned to the mouse Council. He is taken to the dungeon. There, Despereaux meets Gregory, who is the jail keeper.
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despereaux is freed from the dungeon.
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Miggery is taken to the castle to work after the soup incident. Princess Pea is very sad.
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Mig and Roscuro take Princess Pea to the dungeon to be given her fate, so Mig can become a princess. Mig ends up losing hope in Roscuro and Despereaux and mig save the princess.
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Despereaux's tail is cut off by Miggery.
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Roscuro and Miggery meet because Miggery has to deliver food to Gregory in the dungeon.Roscuro tells Mig of a plan he has to "help" her become a "princess", even though he knows she's not going to be one.
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Mig sees her father again, thanks to Despereaux, and she becomes his princess.
