Three Blind Mice

Why are they following her? - Don't They Know They Are In Danger?

This illustration offers the mice as the central figures both before the severing of their tails and after. The only evidence of the farmer’s wife is her lower leg and foot as the mice follow close at her heel. These mice are personified, but not with as many details as in prior pictures. Unlike other illustrations with personified mice, all three are shown quite similarly: each holds a cane in the left hand, each reaches forward with the right hand, each wears dark/black glasses. The primary difference is the position of the tail in the mouse furthest from the woman. In the post-cutting image, each mouse glances behind at the stub. The mood created by these simple illustrations is one of being caught unaware; it is a subdued matter-of-fact puzzlement.