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TO
A MOUSE
ON TURNING HER UP IN HER NEST
WITH THE PLOUGH NOVEMBER 1785
Wee
sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie,
O, what a panic's in thy breastie!
Thou need na start awa sae hasty,
Wi bickering brattle!
I wad be laith to rin an chase thee,
Wi murdering ____________________
I'm
truly sorry man's dominion
Has broken Nature's social
An justifies that ill opinion,
Which makes thee startle At me,
thy poor, earth-born________________
An fellow mortal!
I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;
What then? poor beastie, thou maun live!
A daimen icker in a thrave
'S a sma request;
I'll get a blessin wi the _______________
An never ________________
Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin!
Its silly wa's the win's are strewin!
An naething, now, to big a new ane,
O foggage green!
An bleak December's win's ________________
Baith snell an _______________
Thou saw the fields laid bare an waste,
An weary winter comin fast,
An cozie here, beneath the _________________
Thou thought to dwell,
Till crash! the cruel coulter__________________
Out thro thy________________
That wee bit heap o leaves an stibble,
Has cost thee monie a' weary ____________
Now thou's turn'd out, for a thy trouble,
But house or hald,
To thole the winter's sleety ________________
An cranreuch _________________
But Mousie, thou art no thy lane,
In proving foresight may be ____________
The best?laid schemes o mice an men
Gang aft agley,
An lea'e us nought but grief an _______________
For promis'd joy!,
Still thou art blest, compar'd wi me!
The present only toucheth _____________
But och! I backward cast my _____________
On prospects drear!
An forward. tho I canna _____________
I guess an __________________
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MISSING WORDS (JUMBLED)
CAULD, CELL, BLAST, VAIN, LAVE, KEEN, MISS'T, PAIN E'E, NIBBLE,
FEAR, ENSUIN, DRIBBLE, PATTLE, SEE, COMPANION, THEE, UNION, PAST.
SUGGESTED METHOD
Teachers read the poem TWICE
Pupils THEN try to fill in the blanks from the list of jumbled words.
Ask one or two pupils to read out what they have written (this will
depend a great deal on the sensitivity of the pupils, but can be
fun).
After
the pupils have had one try they can again LOOK at the words for
five minutes, then try again.
This can be done in pairs or selected groups.
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