“The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men
Gang aft agley,
An’ lea’e us nought but grief an’ pain…”
Robert Burns, “To a Mouse”
The Bard and John Steinbeck shared common themes, especially in Steinbeck’s “Of Mice and Men.”
We are the Mouse. We are Scotland. We are persecuted and may have to give up our territory, as did Scotland but they’re getting it back. Let’s see if the Stone of Scone comes with their renewed independence.
As for us, we are cats. We always land on our feet. Dee
