(Non Canon... hmmmmm?)
Transcript:
1. Rodger Rat liked going to the store.
2. Rodger Rat didn't find it a chore.
3. He wandered by himself, through shelf upon shelf.
4. Looking for goodies to keep all to himself.
5. Rodger wasn't selfless; he was greedy and mean.
6. Some would say, “he was tiny and lean.”
7. He wasn't nice to look at all; as he was all dirty and small.
8. Even when suited and wearing a hat. He wasn't very nice, at all for a rat.
9. But then a day came that changed him for good.
10. It was just an ordinary day, as I understood.
11. Nothing was different, not the slightest detail.
12. It happened when reading his favourite tale.
13. Reading about how friends buy presents for each-other.
14. This was not something he’d learned from his mother.
15. Was buying stuff for himself, causing strife?
16. He'd buy his friend a present, to improve his life.
17. Rodger now felt all fluffy and warm.
18. He'd buy a present for his friend Norm.
19. This feeling had never happened before.
20. He had liked how it felt and now wanted some more.
21. So, off to the shop he snuck, amongst the crowd.
22. feeling so very excited and terribly proud.
23. Whilst mid skip, he tripped over a crack in the pavement.
24. This made him cross, until he remembered the present.
25. Which in turn rendered this negative spell less incessant.
26. And it made him feel good as he pulled up his hood.
27. He'd never felt like this before.
28. Doing something nice for a friend, changed him for sure.
29. Here was the shop before his big, pointy snout.
30. He’d buy his friend cheese, as they were all out.
31. He entered the store with quite some ease.
32. And looked for a single slice of cheese.
33. But. As far as the eye could see, there were cheeses of every variety.
34. He selected the biggest and best of slices.
35. He didn’t even check any prices.
36. Home he trots, to wrap the surprise.
37. Oh, what a feast for hungry eyes.
38. Temptation abounds, it doesn’t feel right.
39. Oh dear, it was supposed to be… just… one… bite…
voiced and written by Chris J. J. Brittle