Long Is the Road That Lies Ahead

Long the road that lies ahead Three mice with a block of cheese and a thick slice of bread To travel in green pastures and meet lots of animals of which some are friendly and some may eat you for breakfast instead In yellow hazy sunshine they walked over hills and through summer hedge A blackbird appeared and perched and said"If you go this way on the road in front then you'll meet a pig in a sty who swills around in mud all day whilst eating apples and waste veg" He paused "If you travel that way you'll come to a village where dogs and cats are roaming free to catch the rats and eat them so what chance do you have three mice for it would be a murderous pledge" The three mice were wary of the blackbird but they decided to trust this bird with a black tail and off to see the fat pig and goodbye blackbird to fledge Along a pathway and across a wooden bridge they met a frog as dark green as a green paint pot lid then what do we have here rebbit rebbit rebbit" no not rabbit but mice one squeaked" and said on edge The frog jumped up onto a rock near the waterside and his tongue whipped a fly from the very sky and chewed it then burped and the mice laughed and scurried past and up a tree onto a branches ledge "We can see for miles up here" one said;" look the windmill " another one said and they realized that the road had disappeared and all was free to eat and play in the fields from were they lead.