the proper gander

there was a white mouse consultation, down at the county fair, all the church mice, field mice and not so nice mice, everybody gathered there, you see the muckidy muck he was, speakin', tellin' them where it was at, he said hear, hear there ain't nothin' to fear, except a three eyed siamese cat, and the crowd was stunned, see, no single mouse had ever seen one, he said don't be scared, we're prepared. then he held up a great big picture, so every mouse could see, what a three eyed siamese cat looked like, the face of the enemy, and the crowd let out such a shudder, as they lined up file and rank, starin' at a twenty foot picture frame, surroundin' a twenty foot blank, just empty space, but every single mouse, swore he saw a face, he said don't be scared, we're prepared, then the muckidy much started screamin', yellin' till his voice gave out, he said now that you've seen what the, cat looks like, gonna tell you what he's all about, he said he don't eat cheese on friday, and he goes around lickin' his paws, he's awful mean and he loves to keep clean, and believes in changin' laws, and the crowd went wild, and every mouse began to fear for his child, don't scared, we're prepared. now two times two is forty-five, the muckidy muck explained, and the flat side of the moon is green, and the farmer don't need no rain, and the night is light and might is right, and supermouse is on our side, and the three eyed siamese cat's a plague, from which nobody can hide, and the mice all cringed, the whiskers of that cat would soon be singed, don't be scared, we're prepared. then the muckidy muck started singin', through his great paternal grin, and the church mice, field mice, all the patriotic mice, everybody chimed right in, they sang this land is mice land, mice country tis of thee, well my father took it from the beaver rat, nobody's gonna take it from me, and the mice all cheered, the sound that they were makin' sure was weird, dont' be scared, we're prepared. then the muckidy muck said line up here, everybody give a buck, to fight the three eyed siamese cat takes money, and a little bit of luck, we've got a million of our best young mice, to go out and volunteer, to give up what they're livin' for, to make the cat disappear, let's give 'em a hand, yay, we don't want that cat invadin' our land, no way, we're not scared, we're prepared. then a mighty strange thing happened, guess you could call it fate, you see, a gust of wind blew the picture frame down, and it landed on the muckidy muck's head, and the mice they all went crazy, for the first time they saw the lie, it was all a hoax on just simple folks, and the muckidy muck must die, and die he did, the members of his staff they just fled, they were scared, hah, just not prepared.