Franklin: Where do mice park their boats?
Lynette: At the hickory dickory dock.
Martin: What does a five-hundred pound mouse say?
Tina: “Here kitty, here kitty!”
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Hickory, dickory, dock,
Three mice ran up the clock.
The clock struck one . . . they called 911,
And the other two escaped with minor injuries.
-Author Unknown
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Mice Facts
- An adult male mouse is called a buck.
- An adult female mouse is called a doe.
- A young mouse is called a pinkie, a kitten, or a pup.
- The plural of mouse is mice.
- A group of mice is called a colony, a horde, a mischief, or a nest.
- The sounds made by mice are called squeaking and squealing.
- Mice in the wild typically live for anywhere from 2 months to 1 year.
- Mice in captivity can live for up to 2 and half years, but usually just 1 or 2 years.
- Mice belong to the group of animals called rodents, which also includes rats and raccoons.
Lottie: What does a mouse pilot say?
Otto: “This is your captain squeaking.”
A Mouse Under the Bed
There was a strange lady who said,
When she found a mouse under her bed,
“So near to the door,
And so close to the floor,
I’m afraid you’ll catch cold in the head!”
By Author Unknown
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Maxine: What kind of mouse does not eat, drink, or walk?
Francine: A computer mouse.
Mice are small rodents found worldwide in many types of environments, or habitats. Varieties of mice by habitat include the house mouse, the wood or forest mouse, and the Mickey Mouse, which lives in animated cartoons. These are types of mice known by their habitats, and are not species-specific, but can be any of many different species of mice living within a specific habitat.
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Mice have pointed snouts, large round hairless ears, black eyes, long facial whiskers, short legs, clawed feet, sharp teeth, and long thin nearly hairless tails. Mouse fur is short, and is often brown, gray, or white in color.
Charlene: What did the elephant say when the mouse stepped on his toe?
Charla: “Pick on somebody your own size!”
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Pamela: What is the difference between a mouse and a moose?
Amelia: About a ton.
“You are definitely the puniest, most insignificant thing I have ever laid eyes on,” said the elephant to the mouse. “Let me write that down,” the mouse replied. “There is a flea I want to tell it to.”
Mice range in size from 8 to 35 centimeters (3 to 14 inches) long, including the length of their tails. Their tails can grow to be as long as their bodies. Mice can weigh from 7 to 57 grams (0.25 to 2 ounces).
Bernice: What’s brown, has four legs, and weighs two pounds?
Bernard: A fat mouse.
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff: “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” (1985)
House mice are believed to have originated long ago in Asia before making their way to Europe and then the rest of the world, accompanying human migration. The house mouse is a wild variety of mouse that often lives in fields and buildings near humans. They are especially fond of farms and food warehouses because they eat the grains and other crops that humans grow and store. A domesticated variety of the house mouse is commonly kept as a pet.
Meredith: How do you get a mouse to smile?
Merry: Say, “Cheese!”
Overheard: Are you a man or a mouse - squeak up!
If you are just barely squeaking by in life, chances are you might be a mouse.
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Lynette: At the hickory dickory dock.
Martin: What does a five-hundred pound mouse say?
Tina: “Here kitty, here kitty!”
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Hickory, dickory, dock,
Three mice ran up the clock.
The clock struck one . . . they called 911,
And the other two escaped with minor injuries.
-Author Unknown
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Mice Facts
- An adult male mouse is called a buck.
- An adult female mouse is called a doe.
- A young mouse is called a pinkie, a kitten, or a pup.
- The plural of mouse is mice.
- A group of mice is called a colony, a horde, a mischief, or a nest.
- The sounds made by mice are called squeaking and squealing.
- Mice in the wild typically live for anywhere from 2 months to 1 year.
- Mice in captivity can live for up to 2 and half years, but usually just 1 or 2 years.
- Mice belong to the group of animals called rodents, which also includes rats and raccoons.
Lottie: What does a mouse pilot say?
Otto: “This is your captain squeaking.”
A Mouse Under the Bed
There was a strange lady who said,
When she found a mouse under her bed,
“So near to the door,
And so close to the floor,
I’m afraid you’ll catch cold in the head!”
By Author Unknown
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Maxine: What kind of mouse does not eat, drink, or walk?
Francine: A computer mouse.
Mice are small rodents found worldwide in many types of environments, or habitats. Varieties of mice by habitat include the house mouse, the wood or forest mouse, and the Mickey Mouse, which lives in animated cartoons. These are types of mice known by their habitats, and are not species-specific, but can be any of many different species of mice living within a specific habitat.
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Mice have pointed snouts, large round hairless ears, black eyes, long facial whiskers, short legs, clawed feet, sharp teeth, and long thin nearly hairless tails. Mouse fur is short, and is often brown, gray, or white in color.
Charlene: What did the elephant say when the mouse stepped on his toe?
Charla: “Pick on somebody your own size!”
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Pamela: What is the difference between a mouse and a moose?
Amelia: About a ton.
“You are definitely the puniest, most insignificant thing I have ever laid eyes on,” said the elephant to the mouse. “Let me write that down,” the mouse replied. “There is a flea I want to tell it to.”
Mice range in size from 8 to 35 centimeters (3 to 14 inches) long, including the length of their tails. Their tails can grow to be as long as their bodies. Mice can weigh from 7 to 57 grams (0.25 to 2 ounces).
Bernice: What’s brown, has four legs, and weighs two pounds?
Bernard: A fat mouse.
“If you give a mouse a cookie, he’s going to ask for a glass of milk.” -Laura Joffe Numeroff: “If You Give a Mouse a Cookie” (1985)
House mice are believed to have originated long ago in Asia before making their way to Europe and then the rest of the world, accompanying human migration. The house mouse is a wild variety of mouse that often lives in fields and buildings near humans. They are especially fond of farms and food warehouses because they eat the grains and other crops that humans grow and store. A domesticated variety of the house mouse is commonly kept as a pet.
Meredith: How do you get a mouse to smile?
Merry: Say, “Cheese!”
Overheard: Are you a man or a mouse - squeak up!
If you are just barely squeaking by in life, chances are you might be a mouse.
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Peek-a-boo-mouse, we see you!
Elijah: What is a mouse’s favorite game?
Eliza: Hide and Squeak.
I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house -
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!
-Beatrix Potter: “The Old Woman” (referring to the nursery rhyme “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”)
Moo Shoe
There once was a young mouse named Moo,
Who moved to a beat up old shoe.
“It’s cozy and warm,”
She said with some charm,
“And there is a nice lace to chew.”
By Author Unknown
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Rochelle: Two mice were out walking, and one mouse fell into a river. What did the other mouse do?
Rachael: It applied mouse-to-mouse resuscitation.
As is the case with all rodents, mice’s teeth grow continuously throughout their lives. They must gnaw on tough material to keep their teeth worn down to a usable length. Mice will chew on wood, plastic, the insulation of electrical wires, and the hulls (shells) of seeds and nuts.
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“If you build a better mousetrap, you’ll catch a better class of mouse.” -Solomon Short
Biff: How do you spell mousetrap with only three letters?
Buffy: C-a-t.
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Question: What is gray and has four legs and a trunk?
Answer: A mouse on vacation.
Elijah: What is a mouse’s favorite game?
Eliza: Hide and Squeak.
I think if she lived in
A little shoe-house -
That little old woman was
Surely a mouse!
-Beatrix Potter: “The Old Woman” (referring to the nursery rhyme “The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe”)
Moo Shoe
There once was a young mouse named Moo,
Who moved to a beat up old shoe.
“It’s cozy and warm,”
She said with some charm,
“And there is a nice lace to chew.”
By Author Unknown
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Rochelle: Two mice were out walking, and one mouse fell into a river. What did the other mouse do?
Rachael: It applied mouse-to-mouse resuscitation.
As is the case with all rodents, mice’s teeth grow continuously throughout their lives. They must gnaw on tough material to keep their teeth worn down to a usable length. Mice will chew on wood, plastic, the insulation of electrical wires, and the hulls (shells) of seeds and nuts.
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“If you build a better mousetrap, you’ll catch a better class of mouse.” -Solomon Short
Biff: How do you spell mousetrap with only three letters?
Buffy: C-a-t.
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Question: What is gray and has four legs and a trunk?
Answer: A mouse on vacation.
The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse
The city mouse lives in a house; -
The garden mouse lives in a bower*,
He’s friendly with the frogs and toads,
And sees the pretty plants in flower.
The city mouse eats bread and cheese; -
The garden mouse eats what he can;
We will not grudge him seeds and stalks,
Poor little timid furry man.
By Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894))
*bower: a shady leafy shelter or recess in a woods or garden; an arbor
The city mouse lives in a house; -
The garden mouse lives in a bower*,
He’s friendly with the frogs and toads,
And sees the pretty plants in flower.
The city mouse eats bread and cheese; -
The garden mouse eats what he can;
We will not grudge him seeds and stalks,
Poor little timid furry man.
By Christina Rossetti (Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894))
*bower: a shady leafy shelter or recess in a woods or garden; an arbor
“The goal of science is to build better mousetraps. The goal of nature is to build better mice.” -Author Unknown
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The animals called ‘field mice’ are actually not mice at all, but are voles, a related member of the rodent family that resemble mice.
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The animals called ‘field mice’ are actually not mice at all, but are voles, a related member of the rodent family that resemble mice.
Just like birds, mice build nests for their young. Mice chew up grass, leaves, wood, paper, bark, cloth, plastic, and anything else they can get their teeth into, into little bits that they put together into a cozy little nest. Most mice build nests in protected nooks and crannies, but some burrow into the ground. When burrowing underground, mice build very complex homes with long entrances and many escape routes. They are very clean and tidy rodents, with burrows often having separate areas for storing food, sleeping, and other needs. They also build nests above ground in trees and in other plants. Mice have not yet figured out how to build nests in the clouds.
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Vincent: Why did the mouse hire a maid?
Millicent: She wanted her house to be squeaky-clean.
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“Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.” -Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.)): “Truculentus,” Act IV, scene iv, line 15
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole
Can never be a mouse of any soul.
-Alexander Pope: “Paraphrase of the Prologue,” line 298
“To a mouse a cat is a lion.” -Author Unknown: Albanian proverb as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Mice eat 15 to 20 times a day, so they usually build their homes close to food sources, and often travel no more than about 8 meters (26.25 feet) from their burrows in search of food.
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Henry: How does a mouse feel after a bath?
Hermes: Squeaky clean!
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Mouse in a Hole
A little mouse hid in a hole
Hid softly in a little hole
When all was quiet -
As quiet as could be
Out popped he!
By Author Unknown
Many mice are nocturnal animals, meaning they are most active at night. They have poor eyesight but make up for it with their very good hearing, sense of smell, and whiskers. Mice use their whiskers to sense changes in temperature, measure the sizes of openings, and feel the surfaces they walk on. Mice are timid, social, and territorial. All mice can scurry along on the ground, but some can hop or jump.
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Myrna: What should you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and hear a mouse squeaking?
Marilyn: Oil it.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Three mice ran up the clock -
The clock struck one,
But the other two got a way!
By Author Unknown
Mice are omnivores, or animals that eat almost everything. They eat grain, seeds, grasses, fruits, roots, stems, worms, insects such as grasshoppers, and arachnids such as spiders and scorpions.
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Vincent: Why did the mouse hire a maid?
Millicent: She wanted her house to be squeaky-clean.
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“Consider the little mouse, how sagacious an animal it is which never entrusts its life to one hole only.” -Titus Maccius Plautus (also known simply as Plautus (254 B.C.E. - 184 B.C.E.)): “Truculentus,” Act IV, scene iv, line 15
The mouse that always trusts to one poor hole
Can never be a mouse of any soul.
-Alexander Pope: “Paraphrase of the Prologue,” line 298
“To a mouse a cat is a lion.” -Author Unknown: Albanian proverb as quoted in Herbert V. Prochnow and Herbert V. Prochnow, Junior, editors: “A Treasury of Humorous Quotations” (1969)
Mice eat 15 to 20 times a day, so they usually build their homes close to food sources, and often travel no more than about 8 meters (26.25 feet) from their burrows in search of food.
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Henry: How does a mouse feel after a bath?
Hermes: Squeaky clean!
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Mouse in a Hole
A little mouse hid in a hole
Hid softly in a little hole
When all was quiet -
As quiet as could be
Out popped he!
By Author Unknown
Many mice are nocturnal animals, meaning they are most active at night. They have poor eyesight but make up for it with their very good hearing, sense of smell, and whiskers. Mice use their whiskers to sense changes in temperature, measure the sizes of openings, and feel the surfaces they walk on. Mice are timid, social, and territorial. All mice can scurry along on the ground, but some can hop or jump.
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Myrna: What should you do if you wake up in the middle of the night and hear a mouse squeaking?
Marilyn: Oil it.
Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Three mice ran up the clock -
The clock struck one,
But the other two got a way!
By Author Unknown
Mice are omnivores, or animals that eat almost everything. They eat grain, seeds, grasses, fruits, roots, stems, worms, insects such as grasshoppers, and arachnids such as spiders and scorpions.
Mice are capable climbers and splendid swimmers. Most mice are very good jumpers. They can jump up to about 46 centimeters (18 inches) in the air.
Mice
I think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white
They run about
The house at night.
The nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.
But I think mice
Are nice.
By Rose Fyleman (Rose Amy Fyleman (1877 - 1957))
I think mice
Are rather nice.
Their tails are long,
Their faces small,
They haven’t any
Chins at all.
Their ears are pink,
Their teeth are white
They run about
The house at night.
The nibble things
They shouldn’t touch
And no one seems
To like them much.
But I think mice
Are nice.
By Rose Fyleman (Rose Amy Fyleman (1877 - 1957))
Mice can feel temperature changes and alterations in ground terrain through their whiskers. What does this mean? Go ask your father. He’s supposed to know all about that ‘science’ stuff.
Shirley: What kind of shoes do mice wear?
Cheryl: Squeakers!
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Do mice like to eat cheese? Mice do not like cheese as much as might be commonly thought. In sixteenth-century Europe, cheese was a food found in most houses, even among the very poor, so always-hungry mice, nibbling on everything edible in sight, ate whatever they could find, including cheese, which led to a belief that mice like cheese. Mice do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options. They favor sweet, sugary foods, and as far as human foods go, mice are known to be partial to peanut butter. Isn’t that right, Squeaky?
Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat’s ear.
But only the wisest of cats would think to look there.
-Scott Love
The predators of mice, meaning animals that hunt, kill, and eat them, include cats, coyotes, foxes, hawks and other birds of prey, humans, owls, raccoons, skunks, snakes, weasels, and wild dogs.
Eli: How did the mouse get away from the owl?
Jed: He squeaked by.
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The Little Mouse
I have seen you, little mouse,
Running all about the house,
Through the hole your little eye,
In the wainscot peeping sly,
Hoping soon some crumbs to steal,
To make quite a hearty meal.
Look before you venture out,
See if kitty is about.
If she’s gone, you’ll quickly run,
To the larder for some fun;
Round about the dishes creep,
Taking into each a peep,
To choose the daintiest that’s there,
Spoiling things you do not care.
By Author Unknown
“‘My darling,’ she said at last, ‘are you sure you don’t mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?’ ‘I don’t mind at all,’ I said. ‘It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.’” -Roald Dahl: “The Witches” (1983)
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Mice need the same things you do: food, shelter, and a place to sleep - and they can find all of these things in your house, unless you take measures to deny these things to mice.
Freda: How do you spell mouse?
Frederick: M-o-u-s-e.
Freda: Do you know what is on the end?
Frederick: The letter ‘e.’
Freda: No, a tail!
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two, the mouse said, “Boo!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three, the mouse said, “Wee!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four, the mouse said, “No more!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
By Author Unknown
While communicating with each other, mice make ultrasonic as well as regular sounds. It is almost as if mice have their own secret code when they communicate in the ultrasonic range of sound, which humans cannot hear. What could they be saying?
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John: What goes dot, dot, dash, squeak?
Jonathan: Mouse code.
“Don’t make yourself a mouse or the cat will eat you.” -A. B. Cheales
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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Mouse?
If you would like to be a mouse, you will need the following skills:
- Exceptional at scurrying.
- Fearless in climbing.
- Good at gnawing.
- Highly adept at hopping and jumping.
- Experienced at burrowing and nest-building.
- Quieter than a whisper.
Beth: Why did the mouse stay at home all day?
Jenny: Because it was raining cats and dogs outside!
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City Mouse: I just got back from the Moon!
Country Mouse: Tell me, what is the Moon like?
City Mouse: The Moon is a great big ball of cheese!
Country Mouse: Why did you come back to Earth?
City Mouse: To get some crackers!
Oh, what joy, to be a mouse! More fun follows just below . . . on MFOL!
Shirley: What kind of shoes do mice wear?
Cheryl: Squeakers!
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Do mice like to eat cheese? Mice do not like cheese as much as might be commonly thought. In sixteenth-century Europe, cheese was a food found in most houses, even among the very poor, so always-hungry mice, nibbling on everything edible in sight, ate whatever they could find, including cheese, which led to a belief that mice like cheese. Mice do not have a special appetite for cheese, and will eat it only for lack of better options. They favor sweet, sugary foods, and as far as human foods go, mice are known to be partial to peanut butter. Isn’t that right, Squeaky?
Only the most foolish of mice would hide in a cat’s ear.
But only the wisest of cats would think to look there.
-Scott Love
The predators of mice, meaning animals that hunt, kill, and eat them, include cats, coyotes, foxes, hawks and other birds of prey, humans, owls, raccoons, skunks, snakes, weasels, and wild dogs.
Eli: How did the mouse get away from the owl?
Jed: He squeaked by.
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The Little Mouse
I have seen you, little mouse,
Running all about the house,
Through the hole your little eye,
In the wainscot peeping sly,
Hoping soon some crumbs to steal,
To make quite a hearty meal.
Look before you venture out,
See if kitty is about.
If she’s gone, you’ll quickly run,
To the larder for some fun;
Round about the dishes creep,
Taking into each a peep,
To choose the daintiest that’s there,
Spoiling things you do not care.
By Author Unknown
“‘My darling,’ she said at last, ‘are you sure you don’t mind being a mouse for the rest of your life?’ ‘I don’t mind at all,’ I said. ‘It doesn’t matter who you are or what you look like as long as somebody loves you.’” -Roald Dahl: “The Witches” (1983)
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Mice need the same things you do: food, shelter, and a place to sleep - and they can find all of these things in your house, unless you take measures to deny these things to mice.
Freda: How do you spell mouse?
Frederick: M-o-u-s-e.
Freda: Do you know what is on the end?
Frederick: The letter ‘e.’
Freda: No, a tail!
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Hickory, Dickory, Dock
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck one, the mouse ran down.
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck two, the mouse said, “Boo!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck three, the mouse said, “Wee!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
Hickory, dickory, dock.
The mouse ran up the clock.
The clock struck four, the mouse said, “No more!”
Hickory, dickory dock.
By Author Unknown
While communicating with each other, mice make ultrasonic as well as regular sounds. It is almost as if mice have their own secret code when they communicate in the ultrasonic range of sound, which humans cannot hear. What could they be saying?
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John: What goes dot, dot, dash, squeak?
Jonathan: Mouse code.
“Don’t make yourself a mouse or the cat will eat you.” -A. B. Cheales
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Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Mouse?
If you would like to be a mouse, you will need the following skills:
- Exceptional at scurrying.
- Fearless in climbing.
- Good at gnawing.
- Highly adept at hopping and jumping.
- Experienced at burrowing and nest-building.
- Quieter than a whisper.
Beth: Why did the mouse stay at home all day?
Jenny: Because it was raining cats and dogs outside!
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City Mouse: I just got back from the Moon!
Country Mouse: Tell me, what is the Moon like?
City Mouse: The Moon is a great big ball of cheese!
Country Mouse: Why did you come back to Earth?
City Mouse: To get some crackers!
Oh, what joy, to be a mouse! More fun follows just below . . . on MFOL!
