By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE OTHERS AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW SOME DAY I HAVE MY CHANCE. I'M TODAY, IT'S TRUE, MY CHANCES HAVE 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 DAY I WILL BE A AND THEN THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV BE ME.
NOW PEOPLE TEND TO TREAT A SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU OF ME THAT WAY, THEN 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 SOMEONE SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT BOTHER ME AT ALL, I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT SOME DAY I'LL BE TEN FEET TALL.
NOBODY HEARD THIS MOUSE IN THE NIGHT AS HE DREAMED OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
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ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, 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 TURNED HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD THE DOOR OPEN! SCOUSE SEES THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG LIKE TARZAN OUT SPACE. "HEY! BACK!" THERE WAS A TINY HOLE IN THE WALL, DISAPPEARED. THROUGH THE MOUSEHOLE HE COULD 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 HERE. I WAS WATCHING YOU DOING ALL THOSE FUNNY NOISES." "THAT'S SPEAKING! THAT'S ENGLISH! I IT FROM THE TELLY. I COULD TEACH YOU ENGLISH. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT, I LEAVE TONIGHT." "WHERE YOU GOING?" "INTO THE WORLD! THE NEEDS ME! WHY DON'T 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 ME THAT. HE WAS A LONDON MOUSE."
ALL THAT DAY, AND BONCE WATCHED THROUGH THEIR PEEPHOLE , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES WERE ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND WATCHED.