The Church Mouse
My friend Jane & I visited St. Andrews Church today & I spotted this Mouse sitting up high.
Beautiful area, we then went to Seaford for Lunch in The Lanes, very nice too.
I found this Poem by Sylvia Partridge.
The Church Mouse
Willie was a quiet and timid church mouse
Who lived all his life in Gods holy house
He scampered up aisles, in the pulpits and stalls
And was warm and dry thro' winter to the falls
He dined on crumbs from the choirboy’s biscuits
The congregation, would sometimes, drop tiny tit-bits
He would sit thro' services while twitching his nose
At weddings he was known to hide under a rose
But Willies main aim in this wonderful life
Was to find for himself a perfect little wife
One day as it were, thro' part opened doors
Elsie scampered in on tiny dainty paws
There in the centre aisle they met eye to eye
And decided to give this union, of marriage, a try
Now Willie became father to a litter sent from hell
While all over the church they scampered pell-mell
They nibbled on pews, on bibles and on gates
Alter cloths and choirboy gowns met the same fate
They nibbled the pulpits and much, much worse
The nibbled away most of the chapters and verse
Then came harvest festival, the fare laid out over night
Now this was a banquet for their wildest delight
They nibbled the vegetables and all of the fruit
And lost their appeal of being cuddly and cute
To his study, next morning, the Vicar summoned Willie
And gave him a lecture on how not to be silly
If he wished to reside in this place of his birth
His family would have to live elsewhere on this Earth
" Farewell " said Willie to his wild little brood
And went back to dining on crumbs for his food
Now Willie is happy to be the only one in Gods house
And became, once again, a timid church-mouse
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