A Mouse Called Wolf by Dick King-Smith

Author:Dick King-Smith
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Random House Children's Books
Published: 1997-04-07T04:00:00+00:00

Now came the final part of Mrs. Honeybee’s plan.

Once Wolf had become accustomed to showing up twice a day to get his chocolate from that spot above middle C, right in front of the lady’s face, there came an evening when things were different. He arrived to find that there was no chocolate awaiting him. He looked down to see that the lady was holding the candy in the fingers of her left hand, while with her right she played, very softly, the melody of “Love’s Old Sweet Song.”

Mrs. Honeybee had worried about which song to choose at such an important moment. She had considered “Three Blind Mice” and “Come On, Everyone,” but had decided that she would play the tune her mouse had been singing so sweetly when she had first opened the top of the piano and set eyes on him.

So now, in the twilight, she played this song in the high notes of the treble, gently waving the chocolate to and fro in time to the music. All the while she kept her eyes fixed on the mouse, willing him to do what she wanted. Sing for your supper, she thought, sing, sing, sing, like a good boy.

Wolf crouched stock-still, as quiet as a mouse indeed, listening to the melody and watching the little round piece of chocolate as it was waved in front of his nose.

Suddenly something clicked in his tiny brain. She wants me to sing for my supper, he said to himself, that’s what she wants. I haven’t got any words for this song, but perhaps it doesn’t matter. He waited until the melody ended, then he sat up, straightened his whiskers with one paw, cleared his throat, and took a deep breath.

Right on cue Mrs. Honeybee once more began to play the tune with her right hand, and from the mouse’s mouth there came again that high, pure, true voice.

“La-la-la-la-la-la!” caroled Wolf to Mrs. Honeybee’s delighted accompaniment.

When the song ended, the accompanist gently held out her left hand to the singer, who took his reward, equally gently, in his two front paws.

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