It is raining ever so gently.

I can hear it drip on my house.

Swimming, in my drinking water

Is an exhausted mouse.

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If the sun were shining I could go out

But this is not the case.

My dog, ever so gently

Is trying to lick my face.

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Dog, Cat you must be hungry.

Too bad we are out of meat.

Let’s go and check the crab trap

Maybe we find something to eat.

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Let’s put a hat upon our head

And gumboots on our feet

And hike to the beach. The drowning mouse

Is getting tired indeed.

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Three weeks ago, we were lucky.

A stranger we did see

In the bush, not far away from our place.

And we took him home for tea.

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His eyes were a deep and mellow brown

And his hair was shiny and black

And smiling ever so gently

I stabbed him in the back.

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There was a lot of meat on him

We hardly knew where to start.

The first day, cat got the kidneys

Dog the liver  and i the heart.

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The next day, the vicar and his wife

Came to my place to dine

We had his left arm. They asked what it was.

I said it was porcupine.

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His right leg we had with mushroom sauce

And sour cream and rice

His left leg we had barbecued

With lettuce tomato and fries.

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Ans so we could have merrily

Gone on and on and on

But one night a bear came to our place

And the rest of the carcass was gone.

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There are three fat crabs in the trap

The biggest I’ve ever seen.

I’m sure they must have liked the bait

The skull is fairly clean.

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I took the crabs and dog and cat

and all of us went back

The mouse had decided not to drown

But to die from a heart attack.