| There lived a glorious knight Long-tail, he was a mouse prince.
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| He loved to wander around the cities, here and there, in the darkness.
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| He gnawed barns and houses, and there was no basement
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| Not a single one in the whole country where he would not give a ball.
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| He was handsome in every way, his eyes sparkled.
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| And the teeth were so sharp that they pierced the logs.
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| He had a hundred lovers, and a hard mustache.
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| And in a fight with many enemies, he alone was worth a thousand.
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| To the quiet whisper of the bright stars, he danced on the roof.
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| How beautiful you are, Longtail, the mice squeaked around.
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| He jumped on the piano, playing it deftly.
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| He gnawed through barrels of mash and flooded storerooms.
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| When at midnight he sat down at the table for order,
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| Twelve mouse-girls sang sweetly for the prince.
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| His minions squad always walked in excitement,
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| All the pantries knew them, from Peoples to Kramarty.
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| His life was merry, but he did not live long.
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| He once met rats, and he entered into battle with them.
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| He boldly beat and tore at enemies five times his size,
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| But in the end, his neck was broken.
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| They wrapped him in furs, lit candles over his body,
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| And the old uncle said these words to him:
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| Weep, our mouse people, for the bold Longtail,
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| He fell in the struggle to blow the trumpet over this heroic body.
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| He knew how to value life, and was always a man,
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| The hero died, but he will live in the memory of a mouse. |