Amos: A view from under the pew

link Amos the Church Mouse

Illustrated by Gary Mitchell

Editor’s note: Amos is a churchmouse, who types by throwing himself onto the computer keyboard, but he can’t operate the capital shift and he shuns punctuation marks – except hyphens and dashes.

the worrybird

the other day boss wilma

worrybird was passing by

the church worrying about

the way she was hopping

down the sidewalk

oh dear she chirped

there s a crack i hope i

don t step on it i wonder

if it would really break

my mother s back oh dear

hopping down a sidewalk

is so tiring – almost as

bad as crossing a street

oh dear oh dear

finally she hopped off

the sidewalk and crossed

the street where she came

face to face with tardy

turtle boss you remember

tardy – he s a real likable

fellow but as slow as a

century plant – anyway he

hadn t seen wilma in a

long time so he wanted

to chat

h-e-l-l-o tardy said

slower than an aggie bug

can read

hello tardy said the

flustered worrybird listen

i m in an awful rush maybe

we can talk later

what-is-the-matter asked

tardy five minutes later

oh dear said wilma calling

over her shoulder i m

worried that i won t get

to where i m going and

then if i do get there i m

worried that i won t get

there early enough oh dear

oh dear and she hopped on

her way down another

sidewalk worrying even more

meanwhile boss robin

redjoy and sally sparrow

were watching wilma s

antics with interest

robin turned to sally and

said wilma had better

watch it she s acting

more and more like a

human being day by day

that s true sally chirped

they sure have a lot in

common

you know robin confided

i would really like to

know why wilma and such

humans rush about and

worry so

sally thought and turned

to her friend

robin i think that it

must be they have no

heavenly father like he

who cares for you and me

amos