Says the Mouse:
Is it a Dream or a Nightmare? Blimy If I Know...
It's a cat and mouse game and I'm the mouse.
I'm a mighty clever mouse, I've lasted many a cat.
I dash swiftly to my hole, but to leave it isn't that easy,
my vision is somewhat limited.
If a smell of cheese tickles my snout, I can stand the temptation, I'm not what one would call a gourmet...
But when I'm terribly hungry, cats or no cats - I leave my hole like a lightning.
Well, I must admit whatever trials I'd to pass were kids' game compared with what my current challenge is:
I'm facing a wildcat...
I may leave him some food far off, to take him off my back for a while; but what's to me is a seven course meal for him is just a bite - no, it won't work.
I scratch me head with me left hind leg, I must rack my little brain to find some solution - urgently. Am I going to end up in some cat's claws?
Eureka!!! I've got it, I'll ask the mole to dig me some tunnels with numerous exits - I want to see that wildcat guessing from what hole I'm going to sneak out.
To whom it may concern
When I say I'm the mouse I mean it.
Yes it's me and nobody else!
With due respect
The Mouse
Published by Haim Kadman
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Post a CommentThank you Candida from the depths of my heart. It all started with bits of a dream and I must admit I was laughing writing it - it isn't my usual theme. "Cats or no cats" isn't my own original idea, I've heard it from a relative of mine in a similar version: "Missiles or no missiles" - and it described her attitude when she and her husband drove every morning from 4 am to the Northern border to meet their two sons during the last war.
Very clever little tale Haim! Again you layer shades of meaning into a simple little taut story. I love allegory and the metaphorical devices you employ in so much of your work:)