The bear watched the mouse
lazily, content, knowing a small
creature such as a mouse
could do him no harm, so
the bear slumbered, secure
in the knowledge of his large
stature and his rights as a
citizen of his great country.
The mouse worked quietly, tirelessly
plotting, scheming, weaving his evil
web of deceit around the sleeping
bear, when the bear awoke the mouse
began to cry, he had no land on
which he could bow to worship his
god.
The bear ever so tolerant, in
his belief of religious freedom,
and secure in the knowledge of
his own constitutional rights
of religion, gave the mouse
a parcel of sacred land, on
which to build a temple to
worship his god in.
That act of goodwill towards
the mouse, sadly was a fatal
mistake on the bears behalf
more and more mice came, bigger
and bigger temples were built
to worship their strange god in.
The mice grew strong and became
arrogant, weakening the bear,
demanding the bear worship the
mouse's god and live exactly
as they lived, thus making the
bear a religious and political
prisoner forever.
