These mice can be very easily tamed, and live happily in cages, like dormice.
In "Nature's Wonderland" an interesting story is told of a deer-mouse which was a famous singer.
It was owned by Dr. Lockwood, who was so pleased with its songs, that he set them to music, and gave them names.
He noticed that his mouse had certain songs for certain occasions. When she had awakened from a long sleep, and had taken some nice food, she would sing her great aria, which he called the "Grand Role."
When she jumped into her wheel for a spin, she had another kind of song, which he called the "Wheel Song."
She had another song that she used for state occasions, and this was so silvery and sweet, that those who heard it declared that no canary could imitate it.
It is a pity that such a pretty and curious kind of creature should have been killed through ignorance.
Genie H. Rosenfeld.
We have another true story of a singing mouse, which will be published in "The Great Round World Animal Story-Book."—Editor.