By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE OTHERS AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW SOME DAY I WILL MY CHANCE. I'M TODAY, IT'S TRUE, MY HAVE BEEN FEW, BUT I'M NOT 'CAUSE I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.
I MAY BE A TINY AND IN A CAGE, BUT I I BELONG UPON THE STAGE. AND DAY I WILL BE A AND THEN THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV BE ME.
NOW PEOPLE TEND TO A MOUSE WITH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM NO MOUSE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU THINK OF ME WAY, MAYBE I SHOULD MENTION, I'M SCOUSE THE MOUSE AND I GOT A DREAM.
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SO LOOK OUT, WORLD, 'CAUSE I COME, IF YOU WANT SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT DOESN'T ME AT ALL, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT DAY I'LL BE TEN FEET TALL.
NOBODY HEARD THIS SINGING IN THE NIGHT AS HE DREAMED OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
CAME.
ON CHRISTMAS THE BOY RAN IN, CHEWING A MINTS PIE. "HERE YOU ARE, MISTER SCOUSE, IT'S A PRESENT FOR YOU." IT WAS A TINY ROPE LADDER. "SEE IF YOU CAN RUN UP THAT!" THE BOY HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD LEFT THE DOOR OPEN! SCOUSE THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG LIKE TARZAN OUT INTO SPACE. "HEY! BACK!" THERE WAS A TINY HOLE IN THE WALL, SCOUSE DISAPPEARED. THROUGH THE MOUSEHOLE HE COULD SEE HIS TELLY. HE FELT SOMETHING, LOOKED, A BROWN MOUSE WAS STARING AT HIM. "HELLO, WHITIE!" SAID THE MOUSE. IN ANIMO, OF COURSE. "WHAT? WHO'S WHO ARE YOU?" "I'M A MOUSE. I LIVE HERE. I WAS WATCHING YOU DOING ALL FUNNY NOISES." "THAT'S SPEAKING! ENGLISH! I LEARNT IT FROM THE TELLY. I COULD TEACH YOU ENGLISH. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT, I LEAVE TONIGHT." "WHERE YOU GOING?" "INTO THE WORLD! THE WORLD NEEDS ME! WHY YOU JOIN ME, WE COULD BE A GROUP?" "I'LL THINK IT." "WHAT'S NAME?" "BONCE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BIG HEAD. MY FATHER CALLED ME THAT. HE WAS A MOUSE."
ALL THAT DAY, SCOUSE AND BONCE WATCHED THROUGH THEIR , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE WERE ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND SCOUSE WATCHED.