| “ | Who's "we," Lilliputian? I'm just a humble field mouse who got drafted into your Mouse Police. | „ |
| ~ Corporal Rex to Sergeant Wilfred |
"The Mouse Police Never Sleep: Storybook Love, Part One" is the fourteenth issue of Fables, with a cover date of August, 2003. It was published on June 11, 2003.
Synopsis
Storybook Love, Part 1
As Snow White slowly recovers from a bullet to the brain, she and Bigby spend a lot of time in each other's company. But when they announce that they'll be vacationing together, all of Fabletown is shocked…and not just because Snow White has never taken a holiday before. The twosome's sudden departure from New York City — and the deadly peril they're about to fall into — is surely no match for the ruthless enemy who's still lurking in the back woods.
Plot
Sergeant Wilfred and Corporal Rex from the Mounted Police search Bluebeard's office for information. It's springtime in Fabletown and Snow has moved from using a wheelchair to crutches. After flirting with Snow, Bigby is told by her that she is not interested. Bluebeard and Prince Charming have a fencing match hosted in Edmond Dantès' studio, Chateau d'If Fencing Academy. They face off in front of many students, but Bluebeard beats him five to nothing.
Meanwhile at the Farm, Rose Red tells Jack that it is over between them as she is doing a fantastic job of the place. Meanwhile at Bluebeard's apartment, Goldilocks and Bluebeard have been having sex in exchange for her safety as she is the most wanted fable. Wilfred and Rex leave to report Goldilocks' location. However before they can leave, she spots them and Hobbes ends up throwing a knife, impaling Rex which kills him. Wilfred manages to escape. Bluebeard states that their plan will have to commence now, so he uses a magical potion to control Snow and Bigby to leave Fabletown so that he and Goldilocks can kill them without anyone knowing.
Appearances
Characters
- Bigby Wolf
- Billy Goat
- Bluebeard
- Boy Blue
- Briar Rose ("Sleeping Beauty")
- Cinderella (mentioned)
- Clara
- Edmond Dantès (first appearance)
- Goldilocks
- Gulliver (first mentioned, as Lilliputian word for humans; mundy and Fable alike)
- Hobbes
- Jack Horner (indirect appearance, via phone call to Rose Red)
- Johnny, Donny and Lonny
- King Cole
- Ladybug
- Mister Sunflower
- The Mounted Police ("Mouse Police") (first appearance)
- Corporal Rex (first appearance) (killed)
- Sergeant Wilfred (first appearance)
- Prince Charming
- Rose Red
- "Stinky"
- Snow White
- Tourists (first mentioned)
Fictional species
Multispecies
Species
- Goblin
- Lilliputian (first appearance)
- Troll (mentioned)
- Vampire (mentioned)
- Wind (hybrid)
Locations
- Mundane world
- Cancun (first mentioned)
- Las Vegas (first mentioned, as "Vegas")
- New York
- The Farm
- The main village
- Forge
- The main house
- The office (first appearance)
- Smalltown (first mentioned)
- The square
- The stables
- The well
- The main village
- New York City
- Fabletown
- Bullfinch Street
- Branstock Tavern
- Chateau d'If Fencing Academy
- Edward Bear's Candies
- Ford's Laundry
- The Glass Slipper Shoes (first appearance)
- Grand Green Florist Shop
- I Am the Eggman Diner
- Lewis Antiques
- Nod's Books
- Web 'n' Muffet Market (first appearance)
- The Woodland Luxury Apartments
- Bluebeard's apartment
- Briar Rose's apartment
- Business Office (mentioned indirectly)
- Mayoral penthouse
- Security Office
- Yellowbrick Roadhouse (first appearance)
- Bullfinch Street
- Fabletown
- The Farm
Miscellaneous
Continuity
- Bigby updates Snow White on the current situation of the Fables living abroad, noting that, based on information from his Tourists, there has been no instances of misbehavior among them. The Tourists, or rather, one of them, are seen for the first time in Fables #39 — "Meanwhile."
- Snow White clarifies that she was Prince Charming's first wife, while Briar Rose was wife number two, and Cinderella the third.
- It is revealed that Bluebeard has been hiding Goldilocks in his apartment after the failed revolution at the Farm in Fables #10 — "Twilight of the Dogs: Part Five of Animal Farm." According to Goldilocks, she has been hiding with Bluebeard for months.
Trivia
A man passing by Boy Blue on the street asks if he knows the song "Tijuana Taxi," a song from the 1965 album Going Places by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.