By Roger
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE OTHERS AND DANCE, BUT I SOME DAY I WILL HAVE MY CHANCE. I'M TODAY, IT'S TRUE, MY HAVE BEEN FEW, BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED 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 TEND TO TREAT A MOUSE WITH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE YOU'VE SEEN. SO IF YOU THINK OF ME WAY, THEN MAYBE I MENTION, I'M SCOUSE THE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
OOH!
SO LOOK OUT, WORLD, 'CAUSE I COME, IF YOU WANT SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT BOTHER ME AT ALL, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT SOME DAY I'LL BE TEN TALL.
NOBODY HEARD THIS MOUSE 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 CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU." IT WAS A TINY LADDER. "SEE IF YOU CAN RUN UP THAT!" THE BOY TURNED HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD 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 SEE HIS BELOVED TELLY. HE FELT SOMETHING, LOOKED, A BROWN MOUSE WAS STARING AT HIM. "HELLO, WHITIE!" THE BROWN MOUSE. IN ANIMO, OF COURSE. "WHAT? THAT? WHO ARE YOU?" "I'M A MOUSE. I LIVE HERE. I WAS YOU DOING ALL THOSE 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 DON'T YOU JOIN ME, WE 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 PEEPHOLE , PEOPLE AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES WERE ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND WATCHED.