Anatole the
mouse lives in a mouse village outside the city of
Paris. One day, while commuting by bicycle to forage for food, he overhears some humans complaining about mice as
villains. Deeply aggrieved at the insult to his honor, Anatole resolves to do better. He goes to work in a French
cheese factory as a taster and evaluator of the cheese. Working alone and anonymously late at night, he leaves notes to guide the cheesemakers in their work. His taste for good cheese leads to the factory's commercial success and to his
murine fame to such an extent that Anatole is regularly hailed as a "mouse magnifique" by
rodent contemporaries. The factory's human owners and workers also hold his work in high esteem, although they have no idea that the mysterious Anatole is a mouse, believing him simply an eccentric cheese
connoisseur who prefers to work alone. In these works the author, through the character of Anatole, consistently places emphasis on the
dignity of work. Anatole lives in a conventional
nuclear family, married to the beautiful and supportive Doucette and with six lovely children. ==Television series==