Ode to a Mouse

Following on fromMr Weasel Daisy the cat caught her second field mouse. She doesnt kill them though, she just "plays" with them!! At least this one didnt get into the house.

Oh, tiny timorous forlorn beast,
Oh why the panic in your breast ?
You need not dart away in haste
To some corn-rick
I'd never run and chase thee
With murdering stick.

Robert Burns, to a mouse,