More like Tadpoles than mice, actually:
![Image](http://web.uvic.ca/ail/examples/tadpole_duo.jpg)
. King Lear Act 3, Scene 4
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EDGAR: Poor Tom; that eats the swimming frog, the toad,
. the *TADPOLE* , the wall-newt and the water; that in
. the fury of his heart, when the foul fiend rages,
. eats cow-dung for sallets; swallows the old rat and
. the ditch-dog; drinks the green mantle of the
. standing pool; who is whipped from tithing to
. tithing, and stock- punished, and imprisoned; who
. hath had three suits to his back, six shirts to his
. body, horse to ride, and weapon to wear;
. But *MICE* and rats, and such small deer,
. Have been Tom's food for seven long year.
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