I sit and watch while others sing and dance But I know someday I will have my chance I'm down today, it's true My chances have been few But I am not discouraged 'cause I know what I can do I may be a tiny mouse and in a cage But I know I belong upon the stage And someday I will be A personality And then the one I'm watching on the TV will be me Now people tend to treat a mouse with simple conversations But I am like no mouse you've ever seen So if you think of me that way, then maybe I should mention I'm Scouse The Mouse and I have got a dream, ooh So look out world, 'cause here I come If you want someone special, I'm the one Although I may be small It doesn't bother me at all 'Cause I know in my heart that someday I'll be ten feet tall ---- Nobody heard this mouse singing in the night as he dreamed of the famous life on the television. Christmas came. On Christmas morning the boy ran in, chewing a mince pie. "Here you are, mister Scouse, it's a christmas present for you." It was a tiny rope ladder. "See if you can run up that!" The boy turned his back. The boy had left the door open. Scouse sees the rope ladder and swung like Tarzan out into space. "Hey! come back!" There was a tiny hole in the wall. Scouse disappeared. Through the mousehole he could see his beloved telly. He felt something. Looked. A brown mouse was staring at him. "Hello, Whitie!" said the brown mouse. In Animo, of course. "What? who's that? who are you?" "I'm a mouse. I live here. I was watching you doing all those funny noises." "That's speaking! that's English! I learnt it from the telly. I could teach you English. Oh, sorry, I forgot, I leave tonight." "Where you going?" "Into the world! The world needs me! Why don't you join me, we could be a group?" "I'll think about it." "What's your name?" "Bonce, because I've got a big head. My father called me that. He was a London mouse." All that day, Scouse and Bonce watched through their peephole. People laughed and children played. The smell of the Christmas dinner. The mice were very hungry. The Jollies were on the television. Bonce and Scouse watched.