# If "If You Give a Mouse a Cookie" were written by someone else **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 13, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756 "2015-08-13T18:04:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/41 "2015-09-18T14:50:11Z")
Oh **RickJay** , that was so marvelous! You made my day. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/42 "2015-09-18T15:11:37Z")
Dylan Thomas Do not give cookies to a mouse who pleads, No snickerdoodles, no, nor oatmeal chip. Fight, fight against his endless rodent needs. Though you might think there’s no harm in his greed Because he’s such a tiny little pip Do not give cookies to a mouse who pleads. Oh he might bat his eyes or shout his screeds Or face you with a quivering whiskered lip. Fight, fight against his endless rodent needs. You give him milk, or scissors, or you cede All your control of brooms as just a blip. Do not give cookies to a mouse who pleads. You tuck him in so gently like a seed But he wants crayons first before his kip. Fight, fight against his endless rodent needs. He draws, he’s thirsty, oh for milk he bleeds, And you might think to salve him with a sip. Do not give cookies to a mouse who pleads, Fight, fight against his endless rodent needs. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/43 "2015-09-18T15:34:09Z")
I can’t do justice to Shel Silverstein, but seeing as he hasn’t been taken… I gave the mouse a cookie. He left but came right back, He asked me for some milk. I gave it, but he came right back. He asked me for a straw. I gave it, but he came right back. I’m giving him a napkin now. I think he’ll come right back. ---
**Author:** ![6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/6/e19adc/32.png) [@6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/6ImpossibleThingsB4Breakfast)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/44 "2015-09-18T16:17:50Z")
Time-wasting brilliance - all of it! Time-wasting brilliance. ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 4:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/45 "2015-09-18T16:45:16Z")
**jsgoddess** : Right. Back. Atcha. That was Dylan Thomas to the very life. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/46 "2015-09-18T17:16:04Z")
Emily Dickinson Because a Mouse came timid by— And begged me for a Crumb— I found a piece—but not a voice— Because I had no tongue— Then it asked Milk of me and I— Gave something for its drink— Something to sweep—somewhere to lie— Eternity—a blink! Dorothy Parker Once, when I was young, a mouse Came near and begged a tart. I gave him cookies, milk, a house, A broom, a bed, a heart. He took them all then with a grin, Returned to me the latter. I had no tin to keep it in; So it was lost. No matter. ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/47 "2015-09-18T19:12:54Z")
As a Discworld fan, thanks and kudos to Your Great Darsh Face! Both my daughter and I enjoyed that post mightily. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2015, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/48 "2015-09-18T19:30:20Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > Emily Dickinson > > Because a Mouse came timid by— > And begged me for a Crumb— Are you certain that is Emily Dickinson? I can’t sing it to _the Yellow Rose of Texas._ ---
**Author:** ![Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/ac8455/32.png) [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Your_Great_Darsh_Face)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/49 "2015-09-19T06:44:44Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Are you certain that is Emily Dickinson? I can’t sing it to _the Yellow Rose of Texas._ I’m probably being whooshed here, but [eh](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177119). ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 9:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/50 "2015-09-19T09:26:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > Are you certain that is Emily Dickinson? I can’t sing it to _the Yellow Rose of Texas._ No, she’s got the ballad form down. Try either _Amazing Grace_ or the theme from _Gilligan’s Island_. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [September 19, 2015, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756/51 "2015-09-19T12:42:59Z")
> [@Your\_Great\_Darsh\_Face](#): > > I’m probably being whooshed here, but [eh](http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177119). Thanks. You did very well. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-if-you-give-a-mouse-a-cookie-were-written-by-someone-else/727756.md?page=2)