The Mice of old Amsterdam
And The
Cheese mongers Cat
By Robert Lewis gay
In The Year of our
Lord 1999 AD
Well how do you tell a tale of some thing that happened so long a go, well it started like this? In a country not far from here, was an old town that went by the name of Amsterdam and in that town was a place called Vondel Park and in that park lived two mice, one called Beatrix and one called Willem.
Willem would lie under a tulip all day and dream of cheese, Beatrix would dream to of all the cheese in all the cheese shops in town, then Willem had an idea. Let's go and find some cheese, Beatrix just laughed. But Willem got up and started to think, I know where there is lots of cheese shops and they are not far form here, so they agreed to leave the park and set out for the cheese shop.
They made there way a cross the dangers roads and then made it a cross the tram tracks, but only just. Then almost getting run over by a bicycle. It was starting to get dark, but on they went until they found they where on a street called overtoom, were there was a lot of cheese shops and they jumped for joy at there luck, but they did not bargain for on one thing " the cheese mongers cat".
Slowly they looked for a way in to the cheese shop; they saw an opening just big enough under the door. Slowly they squeezed threw and they looked around and in the light, that was coming in form the street. So where is the cheese asked Beatrix, all around us replied Willem and all around was cheese, big bits and small bits and all shapes, they squealed for joy. But then they heard a noise and they looked up at the cheese counter and looking back at them was a big black and white cat. It was the cheese mongers cat "Heinrich" run for it Beatrix shouted Willem and they ran has fast has they could, over hear said Beatrix and they hid under an old cheese box.
Heinrich tried and tried to lift the box. But with no joy, so he went a way for now! Has he gone said Beatrix, yes I think so said Willem. Ok lets get some cheese and go back to the park has fast has we can, they agreed on that with out a doubt.
Quietly between them they tried to lift a piece of cheese, but it was too heavy. Beatrix had an idea; she was looking at a round piece of cheese in the corner of the old shop. Lets roll this piece back to the park and with that they pushed the cheese to the door, but how would they get it out in to the street, then they hard a noise, it was the cheese mongers coming down the stairs. They froze where they stood, but there luck was in and he did not see them, Heinrich he called, o Heinrich where are you old cat. He went to the door and opened it and called again, Heinrich and he heard the cat in the back of the shop, so off he went to find him, but he had left the door open.
So they made their escape and stared to roll the cheese down the street, but Heinrich had noticed them and ran between the cheese mongers legs and out the door. The too mice went down the street rolling the cheese has they went. Has they got to the road, that they had to cross to get to the park. Beatrix looked round and screamed, it's Heinrich! Hurray Willem shouted and they pushed has hard has they could, almost getting run down by a bicycle, but the Heinrich was not so lucky. The bicycle went strait over his tall and he let out a loud scream, by this time the mice had there way a cross the road and in to the park. Has for Heinrich he just rubbed his tall and took one last look at the mice and the park and made his way back to the cheese mongers shop to wait for a other day and of course some more mice?
Has for the mice, well they enjoyed the cheese and Willem went back to lazing the day under the tulips and Beatrix, well she would keep nagging Willem about everything, so life was back to normal and that was that.
The end for now.
