By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH OTHERS SING AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW SOME DAY I HAVE MY CHANCE. I'M DOWN TODAY, TRUE, MY CHANCES BEEN FEW, BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED 'CAUSE I KNOW I CAN DO.
I MAY BE A MOUSE AND IN A CAGE, BUT I I BELONG UPON THE STAGE. AND SOME DAY I BE A AND THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
NOW TEND TO TREAT A MOUSE SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU OF ME THAT WAY, THEN MAYBE I MENTION, I'M SCOUSE THE MOUSE AND I GOT A DREAM.
OOH!
SO OUT, WORLD, 'CAUSE HERE I COME, IF YOU SOMEONE SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT DOESN'T ME AT ALL, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT SOME DAY BE TEN FEET TALL.
NOBODY HEARD THIS MOUSE SINGING IN THE NIGHT AS HE DREAMED OF THE LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
CAME.
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, A MINTS PIE. "HERE YOU ARE, MISTER SCOUSE, IT'S A CHRISTMAS FOR YOU." IT WAS A TINY ROPE LADDER. "SEE IF YOU CAN RUN UP THAT!" THE BOY TURNED HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD LEFT THE OPEN! SCOUSE SEES THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG LIKE OUT INTO SPACE. "HEY! BACK!" THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE WALL, SCOUSE DISAPPEARED. THROUGH THE MOUSEHOLE HE COULD SEE HIS BELOVED 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 ALL THOSE FUNNY NOISES." "THAT'S SPEAKING! THAT'S ENGLISH! I LEARNT IT FROM THE TELLY. I COULD TEACH YOU ENGLISH. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT, I TONIGHT." "WHERE YOU GOING?" "INTO THE WORLD! THE WORLD NEEDS ME! WHY DON'T YOU 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 THEIR PEEPHOLE , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND SCOUSE WATCHED.