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 THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
NOW PEOPLE TO TREAT A MOUSE SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM NO MOUSE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU OF ME THAT WAY, THEN MAYBE I MENTION, I'M THE MOUSE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
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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 IN MY HEART THAT SOME DAY I'LL BE TEN FEET TALL.
NOBODY THIS MOUSE SINGING IN THE NIGHT 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, IT'S A CHRISTMAS PRESENT FOR YOU." IT WAS A ROPE LADDER. "SEE IF YOU CAN RUN UP THAT!" THE BOY HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD LEFT 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 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 LIVE HERE. I WAS WATCHING YOU DOING ALL FUNNY NOISES." "THAT'S SPEAKING! THAT'S ENGLISH! I LEARNT IT 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 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 LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES WERE ON THE TELEVISION, AND SCOUSE WATCHED.