PolyTunnel, Camel, Cornwall, UK

Dear Organic Grower.

We’d like to say thanks,

to your new organic bank,

and for the feeding tubes

that keep us dry.

And while we enjoy nibbling

without overhead dribble,

we can’t understand why

there’s a hue and cry.

We’ve been chewing through the

pages of your organic times,

and would like to say

the cardboard boxes

you provided are just

the roughage we needed.

But today we’d like to reply

to the complainant

on the grape vine,

the misunderstanding of the

mice’s position.

We need to explain

that times have changed,

barns converted,

hedges uprooted and

our winter stores destroyed.

We gathered in our siblings,

put our paws together,

and decided to join

the organic times.

Where the shoots springing,

excuse me for mentioning

we’re running very low on

cardboard boxes

for nest bedding

We understand it’s

hard to keep up with

your new customer’s demands.

In return we’ve devised

a mouse method to

advertise you

far and wide,

understanding organic

is now the best in our land,

we do our best to keep

up with your growth of veg in hand.

Yours appreciatively,

Esuom

The Undercover field correspondent

For the Even Longer Tailed Field Mouse Association.

I think you’ve already been in touch with Cath, our membership secretary. I appreciate you live quite far from St Kew Highway and rely on public transport. However it would be great to have you on board if you can find a way of getting the box each week.