Lets sing a song

Mouse and Lion

Mouse caught by lion
Pleads for his life,
Begs to go home
To his children and wife:
'You never know, Leo,
If you set me free
One day you might get
In a fix and need me.'
Leo, amused by
The field mouse's cheek,
Lets him go. He departs
With a skip and a squeak

 

And, would you believe it,
The very next week
Leo, the lion
Just happens to get
Hopelessly tangled in
Game hunters' net.
Mouse happens along,
Says, 'I'm small, with no roar,
But there's one thing I can do,
And that is to gnaw.'
In less than an hour
The net's nibbled through…

Do someone a goodturn,
He might do one for you.

Eric Finney

Mouse Poems
Compiled by John Foster
Oxford University Press