The Tale of the Unhappy Mouse

PAD Challenge 22: For today’s prompt, write a fable poem. 

A fable is a story that conveys a moral, usually told with animal characters.

Once upon a time a mouse

Unhappy where he sat

Thought life would be much easier

If he could be a cat

So he put on a coat of fur

And yowled his best meow

But all that answered him was gr-r-r-r

Woof-woof and bow-wow-wow

Into his little hole he fled

“I wish to be a dog” he said

He wagged his tail and tried to yelp

And beg and shake a paw

The other dogs thought he cried ‘help!’

And yipped and woofed ‘hurrah’

From every corner of the earth

 (Oh, what a sight for eyes)

With sundry speed and breed and girth

Came dogs in every size

Oh no, wee mouse squeaked in despair

I wish I was a great big bear

Then all that I would do is eat

And grow so round and fat

No dog would dare to snare my treat

No sly, old pussy cat

And I, footloose and fancy free

Would loaf in the warm sun

Nothing to fright or worry me

Hey, say?! Was that a gun?

To be a big, black bear I shan’t

I’d like to be an elephant

The children would laugh with delight

To ride way, way up high

No other creature would be quite

As big and broad as I

...but wait; what runs beneath my feet
A mouse! my greatest fear
They are so small, they peek and squeak
And then they disappear
A mouse you say....how can that be?!
 My, but I'm proud to just be me