By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH OTHERS SING AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW DAY I WILL HAVE MY CHANCE. I'M DOWN TODAY, TRUE, MY CHANCES HAVE FEW, BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.
I MAY BE A MOUSE AND IN A CAGE, BUT I KNOW I BELONG THE STAGE. AND SOME DAY I BE A AND THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
NOW PEOPLE TEND TO A MOUSE WITH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU THINK OF ME WAY, THEN I SHOULD MENTION, I'M THE MOUSE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
OOH!
SO OUT, WORLD, 'CAUSE HERE I COME, IF YOU SOMEONE SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT BOTHER ME AT ALL, 'CAUSE I IN MY HEART THAT SOME 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 MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, CHEWING A PIE. "HERE YOU ARE, SCOUSE, IT'S A CHRISTMAS 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! SEES THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG LIKE TARZAN 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!" THE BROWN MOUSE. IN ANIMO, OF COURSE. "WHAT? WHO'S 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 LEARNT IT FROM THE TELLY. I COULD YOU ENGLISH. OH, SORRY, I FORGOT, I LEAVE TONIGHT." "WHERE YOU GOING?" "INTO THE WORLD! THE WORLD NEEDS ME! WHY DON'T YOU ME, WE COULD BE A GROUP?" "I'LL ABOUT IT." "WHAT'S NAME?" "BONCE, BECAUSE GOT A BIG HEAD. MY FATHER CALLED ME THAT. HE WAS A LONDON MOUSE."
ALL THAT DAY, SCOUSE AND BONCE WATCHED THROUGH THEIR PEEPHOLE , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND SCOUSE WATCHED.