The Miser and the Mouse. By the same author^[69-5].
A miser saw a tiny mouse
Nimbly running through the house,
“Hence,” he cried, “voracious beast,
Here is nought whereon to feast.”
Thereupon the mouse did say:
“Be not angry, sir, I pray:
In me a lodger plain you see,
And I have brought my food with me.”