House Mouse         Once, I had a mouse I had a house mouse Suddenly, my house was a mouse house   Though I felt like a louse I took matters into my own hands   I caught that mouse Relieving my house of its mouse   Now, I like my house Now, it's not a mouse house . . . Just a house     The Cloud The dark gray cloud floats overhead, mocking me as it blots out the sun "Go on, look for the sun, little man," it seems to say "Look high, look low; look to-and-fro Look here, look there; look everywhere You may look, but you will not find And in the end, you shall lose your mind"   "Look here, Mr. Cloud," I screamed, fist clenched And then the rain came, leaving me drenched "A friend have I, name of Nathan J. Pierce He may not be big, but he's mighty fierce He'll show you what for, he will oh he will 'Cause from you, you bore, I've quite had my fill"   "You may scream, and you may shout But with my great wind, I'll blow you about Bring on your friend, I dare you I say And he shall live, to regret this day"   So with courage summoned, I started my trek 'Tis my friend who's in danger, so what the heck   "I'm glad you've come," my friend said to me "Clouds can be mean, they can be fierce This is a job, for Nathan J. Pierce"   With spirits high, towards the cloud we started My only fear being, that the cloud had departed I should not have worried, my friend don't you see The cloud was still there, no intention to flee   "So you did bring your friend I thought you would not This is a battle, you should not have fought"   And the wind started to blow And the dust started to fly And wouldn't you know, landed right in my eye   With rage in my heart, I looked to the sky "Now you've had it You soon shall see why!"   I looked to my friend, to see his face mad But instead of being mad, his face looked glad   "Fight not with clouds, high up in the sky Fight not with clouds, I'll tell you why A cloud is your friend; he wants to alert us In times of danger, so nothing will hurt us   He brings forth the rain, he cools the hot earth And with that rain, that very same rain 'Tis all of us, to whom he gives birth"   I looked at my friend, and then at the sky Then asked myself this: I asked myself why? Why hadn't I seen, what had been there to see? What now was so clear, had been clouded with fear   I smiled to myself, then to Nathan J. Pierce And then to the cloud, no longer so fierce   The cloud sailed away, with one last thing to say "Look to the ground, find what's to be found See what I've done, on this fine Springtime day"   We looked to the ground, where sunlight now shown And where once was just dirt, a flower had grown