• ONE BIG CHEESE MELT

    A sudden fire at the New Mouse City Cheese Factory sent workers scurrying for the exits. Fortunately, no mice were injured beyond a few singed whiskers, but most of the cheese was too burned to be used.

    “Talk about a meltdown,” said Fire Chief Joe Voles. “There was no way to save the cheese. I know some hopeful mice were imagining a kind of giant grilled cheese, but since we had to use the hoses on the fire, all the cheese was not only burned but foamy too.”

    That didn’t stop some hungry mice from sampling the ruined cheese when the fire department wasn’t looking.

    One mouselet who asked that his name not be used told this reporter that eating the cheese was “like having my mouth washed out with soap. Yuck!”

    Firefighters also complained about having trouble scraping the melted cheese off their boots. “I can handle danger,” said Firefighter Peter Paws, “but this is GROSS!”

    The New Mouse City mayor told everyone that the cheese factory should be back in business in no time. “We’ll put all our efforts into fixing the factory,” he said. “After all, this city was built on cheese.”