By Brown
I SIT AND WHILE OTHERS 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 DISCOURAGED 'CAUSE I WHAT I CAN DO.
I MAY BE A TINY AND IN A CAGE, BUT I KNOW I UPON THE STAGE. AND SOME DAY I BE A AND THEN THE ONE I'M ON THE TV WILL BE ME.
NOW TEND TO TREAT A MOUSE WITH CONVERSATIONS, BUT I AM LIKE NO MOUSE YOU'VE 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, 'CAUSE 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 SINGING IN THE NIGHT AS HE DREAMED OF THE FAMOUS LIFE ON THE TELEVISION.
CAME.
ON MORNING THE BOY RAN IN, CHEWING A MINTS PIE. "HERE YOU ARE, MISTER SCOUSE, IT'S A 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! SEES THE ROPE LADDER AND SWUNG LIKE TARZAN OUT INTO SPACE. "HEY! BACK!" THERE WAS A TINY HOLE IN THE WALL, SCOUSE DISAPPEARED. THROUGH THE MOUSEHOLE HE 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 LIVE HERE. I WAS 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 ME! WHY DON'T YOU JOIN ME, WE COULD BE A GROUP?" "I'LL THINK IT." "WHAT'S NAME?" "BONCE, BECAUSE GOT A BIG HEAD. MY FATHER CALLED ME THAT. HE WAS A LONDON MOUSE."
ALL THAT DAY, SCOUSE AND BONCE WATCHED THEIR PEEPHOLE , PEOPLE LAUGHED AND CHILDREN PLAYED. THE SMELL OF THE CHRISTMAS DINNER. THE MICE WERE VERY HUNGRY. THE JOLLIES WERE ON THE TELEVISION, AND SCOUSE WATCHED.