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I’m fast and tiny, undisputed
seems in Europe am I rooted.
But now I exist ‘cross half the Earth
where I sleep I feed and I give birth.
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Twice a year I have a litter
of four to six the same ol’ critter.
I live in nature, cute and free
Don’t hold me as pet, no good for me.
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I live in families most of the time
I hunt on the ground, but I can climb!
We’re many sorts and some extinct
small ones big ones in all tinct.
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I’m a rodent, cute as hell
a delicacy to old Romains, I can tell.
I’m omnivorous, I run and cheep
but six month of a year I spend in sleep.
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I am fast, I need no spur
my tail is covered all in fur.
Living out in nature, I don’t like no house
I’m hard to guess – I’m a dormouse.
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(Copyright Aurora Jean Alexander, October 2017)
A dormouse is a rodent, but not a mouse. They mainly live in Europe and Africa, but lately had been discovered in Asia too. Dormice are omnivorous and a favorite prey for owls.
