Mouse Hand

I was just looking at the Japanese Wikipedia page for Mickey Mouse. I'm fascinated by the profile section which differs significantly from the English version. The makers of the Japanese version evidently felt compelled to describe Mickey's body parts and justify the discrepancy between Mickey's hands and the paws of mice.

A picture of a rat is used to illustrate--the Japanese don't generally distinguish between rats and mice. Both are called "nezumi" despite the fact that they are different species. Of course, English also makes distinctions that don't really exist between animals such as ravens and crows and doves and pigeons.

The Wikipedia entry goes on to explain that since the forepaws of mice are "grotesque" (the English loan word is used) Mickey's hands appear human.

I wonder if anyone had a nightmare about Mickey with true mouse hands.

X Sonnet 1962

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