Post by Jack Nifedlorry on Sept 29, 2008 19:04:41 GMT
Today, Fanny thought that really she ought
To have a good look round her house.
Though she couldn’t be sure, behind the back door,
She thought she had spotted a mouse.
She emptied the box, where she kept the old socks
She wore over her shoes in the snow.
The sock were in bits and so were her mitts,
The mouse certainly knew where to go.
She looked in the larder, then tried even harder,
To find where the mouse had it’s nest.
She found lots of stuff, like big balls of fluff.
That mouse was becoming a pest!
She stopped for a break, then decided to take
A walk round and see Tim’s friend Kelp.
He was down at the store, repainting the door.
She was sure he’d be willing to help.
“Yes I’ll come round, and I’ll bring Mrs. Pound”
Kelp said, when he heard of her plight.
“She’ll set a safe trap by using a cap
As long as we keep out of sight”
“We’ll need bits of cheese and a few frozen peas”
Said Kelp, “and a glass and a tray,
We’ll be round about four when I’ve finished this door”
Fanny thanked him and went on her way.
She went back to her house, and thought, ‘How can a mouse,
Be caught with a few frozen peas?
And a glass and a tray, it must be a new way,
I thought Mice only liked cheese’
Kelp arrived first, with his friend Johnny Hurst,
To help to check over the house,
They’d look all around, after old Mrs. Pound
Had safely captured the mouse.
Just after four a knock on the door
Told them all Mrs. Pound had arrived.
She said, “By the back door is the best place I’m sure
To set up the trap I’ve contrived.”
She placed the cheese on the tray in her own special way
With the glass upended on top,
Then the cap filled with peas, placed atop both of these,
So, at the right time, they would drop.
The idea was that, if the mouse, or a rat,
Came and started eating the bait
Then down would fall, glass, cap and all,
Everyone thought the idea was great.
Then Fanny said, “Please, why do we need peas,
What part do they play in the trap?”
Mrs. Pound answered, “Well, it’s the best way to tell,
That the mouse has knocked off the cap.”
“We’ll know by the sound of cold peas rolling round,
Under the cap on the tray,
We’ve captured the mouse that’s been in this house,
And in a very kind way.”
“I’ll pick up the tray and take it away,
And set the mouse free in the field,
Then you need to make sure, that the hole by the door,
Where he came in is filled up and sealed.”
Just then came a thump which made them all jump,
“I think the trap’s worked,” Fanny cried,
She looked down at the cap then started to clap,
When she saw something moving inside.
The peas rattled too so then they all knew,
The trap had captured the mouse.
“Right then,” said Kelp, “With my friend Johnny’s help,
We’ll check out the rest of the house.”
They looked behind doors and under the floors,
In fact anywhere the mouse may have been.
But apart from the mess they had to confess,
There was no damage at all to be seen.
“Thanks Johnny and Kelp so much for your help,”
Said Fanny, “Now lets have some tea.”
Just then Mrs. Pound told them all she had found,
A nice place to set the mouse free.
So they all sat around and thanked Mrs. Pound,
For coming to set up the trap,
Though it sounded absurd, it was the first time they’d heard
Of a mouse being caught by a cap.
“I was taught to do that by Reverend Flat,”
Mrs. Pound said, “Bout this time last year.
Said he couldn’t kill a mouse, ‘specially in God’s House,
As he held all living things dear.”
Fanny hugged Mrs. Pound for coming around
And said, “You are such a kind soul.”
As they left after tea Kelp said, “Leave it to me
I’ll come by and seal up that hole.”
He came round next day with his friend Jimmy Clay
Who’d heard all about Fanny’s plight.
And together those two with wood and some glue
Sealed the hole up good and tight.
Fanny sat down and thought, ‘the mouse has been caught
And set free in the field down the way.
So I think I’ll just sit and rest for a bit,
It’s really been quite a long day,’