Showing results for "Blind" in Poetry

Blindness in the 1950s was a social stigma. Stephen's mother wanted a normal life for him, so he fought desperately to uphold the illusion of sight. For a child frantic to fit in, each day was an exhausting pretence. He managed to ride a bike, when even reading involved pressing his nose to the page and painfully forcing his eyes to concentrate. Head up, he strode through a carefully memorized labyrinth of streets, hoping to fool passers-by that he could actually see.

If you think the blind mice were always blind then you have never read the complete poetic story. Narrator Glenn Hascall reviews the story in its complete form and helps listeners follow the mice through the bold, hungry, and scared days.