The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse

The mole asks the boy if he thinks of his glass as half empty or half full, and the boy reports that he is just happy to have a glass. The horse says that they cannot know the future, but all they need to know is that they love one another. They see a storm rolling in, and the horse says they must keep going, that when things feel out of one’s control, they must focus on what they love in this moment. Eventually, they hunker down together to brave the storm, and it does pass. They begin walking again, though the boy is discouraged by how far they have to go. The horse reminds him of how far they have come already. The mole confesses that he sometimes finds it difficult to say how much he loves them, so instead he says, “I’m glad we are all here” (101). The boy accepts this and says they are glad the mole is here too. The boy reports that his “best discovery” is that he is enough. He also says that he’s realized their purpose in life.