St Nicholas [serial] . THE CUNNING MOUSE. By Hector Rosenfeld. A tiny mouse on pleasure bent,Of human wiles all innocent,Away from home exploring went. Allured by Biddys tempting bait,Designed its greed to stimulate,It started to investigate. What s this I see ? Miss Mousey cried, As soon as she the trap espied. A cunning house with cheese inside ! I think I 11 take a little bite; But wait! she said, with sudden fright; I m not quite sure that it s all right. It may be like those horrid trapsThat mother warned me of, perhaps,And when you nibble, it quickly snaps. So first of all, I 11 climb on
St Nicholas [serial] . THE CUNNING MOUSE. By Hector Rosenfeld. A tiny mouse on pleasure bent,Of human wiles all innocent,Away from home exploring went. Allured by Biddys tempting bait,Designed its greed to stimulate,It started to investigate. What s this I see ? Miss Mousey cried, As soon as she the trap espied. A cunning house with cheese inside ! I think I 11 take a little bite; But wait! she said, with sudden fright; I m not quite sure that it s all right. It may be like those horrid trapsThat mother warned me of, perhaps,And when you nibble, it quickly snaps. So first of all, I 11 climb on topAnd pull the catch to make it drop,And when that s safe then down I 11 hop. And this was how the little bandi:Secured her prize, contrived to land it —And Biddy could nt understand it. courting danger it were fitThat we employ both care and wit,Lest we should prove the biter
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