By Brown
I SIT AND WATCH WHILE OTHERS AND DANCE, BUT I SOME DAY I WILL HAVE MY CHANCE. I'M DOWN TODAY, TRUE, MY HAVE BEEN FEW, BUT I'M NOT DISCOURAGED I KNOW WHAT I CAN DO.
I MAY BE A TINY AND IN A CAGE, BUT I KNOW I UPON THE STAGE. AND DAY I WILL BE A AND THE ONE I'M WATCHING ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
NOW PEOPLE TEND TO TREAT A SIMPLE CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM NO MOUSE YOU'VE EVER SEEN. SO IF YOU THINK OF ME WAY, MAYBE I SHOULD MENTION, I'M SCOUSE THE AND I HAVE GOT A DREAM.
OOH!
SO OUT, WORLD, 'CAUSE HERE I COME, IF YOU WANT SPECIAL, I'M THE ONE. I MAY BE SMALL, IT DOESN'T ME AT ALL, I KNOW IN MY HEART THAT SOME DAY I'LL BE TEN FEET TALL.
NOBODY HEARD THIS MOUSE IN THE NIGHT AS HE DREAMED OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
CAME.
ON CHRISTMAS THE BOY RAN IN, CHEWING 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 TURNED HIS BACK. THE BOY HAD THE DOOR OPEN! SCOUSE SEES THE ROPE AND SWUNG LIKE 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!" 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 THOSE 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 ME! WHY DON'T YOU JOIN 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 , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE WERE ON THE TELEVISION, BONCE AND SCOUSE WATCHED.