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A heated Mouseland Christmas

Based on the fable of T.C. Douglas and updated to reflect Saskatchewan politics in December 2019.

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As Scott Cat gazed out the window of his office in Mouseland’s Marble Palace this snowy Christmas eve, he shook his head in sadness.

“What is this madness?” the Mouseland leader asked himself, as he watched critters hiss, snarl, scratch, gnaw and bite at each other.

Yes, Mouseland politics was always raucous. But this was much worse … especially at Christmas time. This was supposed to be a magical time of year when cats and mice with newfound aspirations to serve in the Marble Palace could get together to scrub clean their social media posts in advance of the October election eight months from now.

You see, Mouseland was never a land just for mice. There were turkeys and chickens and gophers who tilled the soil for no apparent economic gain, who usually managed to set aside their differences with foxes and coyotes and egg-stealing skunks and weasels to all sit together at the annual community Christmas concert. (Although, even little critters’ Christmas pageants seemed an unnecessary source of division this year.)