mouseship story

<obli> listen my children i'll tell you a tale, of the tiniest mouse thats as big as a whale

<obli> this wonderful mouse was so tame and so hale, men summited its back errecting both mast and sail

<obli> so the mouse became a great mouse ship, who could cross any ocean without even a drip

<obli> they set out to china all laiden with gold, returned with as much silk as a mouseship can hold

<obli> it made the brash captain a rich man indeed, which is good because a mouseship is expensive to feed

<obli> but greed beats out wisdom most times you see, the captain worked out he could feed it for free

<obli> so he let the ship loose over village and dale, it ate farmers food by the barrel and pail

the farmers were furious and petitioned the king, who sent all his soldiers to deal with this thing

obli> the soldiers arrived and laid eyes on the brute, then to a man went on strike for an increase in loot

<obli> when the king finally heard all his men were afraid, he thought "bugger those cowards they arn't worth what they're paid"

so he mounted his steed and onward he set, "reason shall win out where violence didn't i bet"


i care not for the future just for myself
there still comes a point where you have enough wealth