Cat and Mouse

Pedro was a mouse
A mouse who didn't eat cheese
He would like to have a choice
Of anything he pleased

He was a Spanish mouse
You can tell that by his name
He liked all kinds of things
Not everything the same

He liked eating crumbs of bread
Found upon the floor
Sometimes he found a crumb of cake
And always looked for more

He was quite a greedy mouse
He lived in a mousey hole
He was also very lazy
In his chair, he loved to loll

In the house there also
Lived a cat
He was very skinny
And wearing a big hat

One day while out walking
And much to his surprise
The hat that was too large for him
Fell over this cat's eyes

The mouse was feeling hungry
And spied the skinny cat
The mousey licked his lips and said
I'd like a meal of that

The cat was now so blind
His hat covering his face
The mouse pounced on the cat
And ate him, every trace

The moral of this story
That cats usually eat mice
This mouse is very different
And ate this cat in a trice

It's not always the weakest
That succumb to the strong
This way of thinking
Can sometimes be proven wrong




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Date: 2/16/2022 7:46:00 AM
Nice twist to the general cat and mouse tale, Shirley. I enjoy the read my friend. Smiles and hugs, Bill
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Date: 2/16/2022 7:17:00 PM
Thank you, Bil,l for your kind comment and the smiles and hugs. Take care. Shirley
Date: 2/14/2022 10:58:00 AM
Enjoyable even on the second-time around! Aloha!
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Date: 2/15/2022 3:55:00 AM
Thank you, Rico Muse has retired.
Date: 2/14/2022 4:59:00 AM
Really beautiful with a great message Shirley! Debx
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Date: 2/15/2022 3:56:00 AM
Thank you, Deb.
Date: 2/14/2022 1:00:00 AM
The moral given is very beautiful. Everything is possible. Rabbits need not always sleep and lose the race also enabling the tortoises to win. Beautifully written. Congratulations!
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Date: 2/15/2022 3:58:00 AM
Thank you, Christuraj, for your lovely comment.
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