One time there was a little snake
Who said, why are the mice afraid?
The other snakes said I don't know,
For I have never killed a mouse!
And so the snake said,
I know! I will go and meet them at their house
The mice came to their windows
And they saw the tiny little snake.
It's one of THEM! They shouted.
They thought she was there to **** them all.
For you see, the larger snakes,
For thousands and thousands of years
Had killed millions and millions of mice
Which was the reason for their fear.
The little snake knew none of this.
She never had eaten a mouse
She only ate spiders and bugs
She slithered right up to the house
The mice came out by the dozens
And bit and scratched the little snake
She had just come to say hello
She thought there must be some mistake
They cut her into little pieces
And there came from them a cheer:
Hip hip hooray! We've killed the snake!
Now we won't have to live in fear.
You see, the mice had no idea
Just how many snakes there were
They thought they'd killed the only one
They thought that they had won the war
And so the little mice came out
And danced upon the little grave
Not knowing that the smell of blood
Had drawn a hissing knot of snakes
These larger snakes ate all the mice
And spilled their blood upon the land
The little snake could see no more
But if she could, she'd understand.