By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE OTHERS AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW SOME DAY I WILL MY CHANCE. I'M TODAY, IT'S TRUE, MY HAVE BEEN FEW, BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED 'CAUSE I KNOW I CAN DO.
I MAY BE A TINY 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 TEND TO TREAT A MOUSE SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU THINK OF ME WAY, MAYBE I SHOULD MENTION, I'M THE MOUSE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
OOH!
SO LOOK OUT, WORLD, HERE I COME, IF YOU SOMEONE SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT BOTHER ME AT ALL, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT DAY I'LL BE TEN FEET TALL.
NOBODY HEARD THIS MOUSE SINGING IN THE NIGHT AS HE OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
CAME.
ON MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, CHEWING A MINTS 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 HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD LEFT THE DOOR OPEN! SCOUSE SEES THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG TARZAN OUT INTO SPACE. "HEY! BACK!" THERE WAS A TINY 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? THAT? WHO ARE YOU?" "I'M A MOUSE. I LIVE HERE. I WAS WATCHING YOU DOING ALL THOSE NOISES." "THAT'S SPEAKING! THAT'S ENGLISH! I LEARNT IT FROM THE TELLY. I 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 , LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES WERE ON THE TELEVISION, AND SCOUSE WATCHED.