Mouse Moral

A mouse in the cupboard had died
His family probably cried
But Karen and Paul
Had no clue at all
So it lay there, unnoticed, inside.

We've lived here 6 years and yet still
We had no idea he was ill
No doctor was called
His plight was ignored
And so the poor mouse wrote his will.

And nothing was even suspected
For years he remained undetected
In thick dust and hair
His body lay there
The cupboard not often inspected!

The moral of this tale is clear
Do your housework at least once a year
Behind that cupboard door
could be bodies galore
But the dead cannot talk, do not fear.

Karen Holmes 22nd June 2008

It should be pointed out that it was in the airing cupboard that the skeleton of a mouse was discovered, not in a food cupboard!!!