By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE SING AND DANCE, BUT I KNOW DAY I WILL HAVE MY CHANCE. I'M TODAY, IT'S TRUE, MY CHANCES 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 TEND TO TREAT A MOUSE SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE YOU'VE SEEN. SO IF YOU OF ME THAT WAY, THEN MAYBE I MENTION, I'M SCOUSE THE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
OOH!
SO LOOK OUT, WORLD, HERE I COME, IF YOU WANT SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT BOTHER ME AT ALL, 'CAUSE I KNOW IN MY THAT SOME 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 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 LADDER AND LIKE TARZAN OUT INTO SPACE. "HEY! BACK!" WAS A TINY 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!" SAID THE 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! 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 JOIN ME, WE BE A GROUP?" "I'LL ABOUT IT." "WHAT'S NAME?" "BONCE, I'VE 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 DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE WERE ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND SCOUSE WATCHED.