By Roger
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE SING AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW SOME DAY I HAVE 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 SOME DAY I BE A AND THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
NOW PEOPLE TEND TO TREAT A WITH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU OF ME THAT 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 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 AS HE DREAMED OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
CAME.
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, A MINTS PIE. "HERE YOU ARE, MISTER SCOUSE, A CHRISTMAS 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 SEES THE ROPE 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 BELOVED TELLY. HE FELT SOMETHING, LOOKED, A 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! 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 ME, WE COULD BE A GROUP?" "I'LL ABOUT IT." "WHAT'S NAME?" "BONCE, BECAUSE I'VE GOT A BIG HEAD. MY FATHER ME THAT. HE WAS A LONDON 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.