Mice and Men.

 

Two mice were selected at random.

The first control group had been fed at regular intervals, allowed free range of the small obstacle course twice a day, and had the sun light, that bathed their cage during the day, blanked out at seven o’clock every night. The second control group had none of this. They were allowed to eat when they liked, be as active as possible, and sleep for as little or as much as they wanted.

Professor White, head of the Behavioural Research Centre at Moscow, held each mouse in each hand. “As you can see, the mice are similar in every way. Both are healthy, and young. Only taken from separate control groups, and obviously, mouse one is male, mouse two is female. Let us see what happens.”

Placing the two mice down at the start of two identical mazes, Professor White started the stop watch.

Mouse one pointed his nose in the air, whiskers flicking, and instantly began to run through the maze. The prize, a generously large piece of stinking cheddar; this would soon be his. The second mouse, however, found a corner where two walls converged and lay down for a sleep.

“As you can see” Professor White observed. “As expected, Mouse one has completed the maze, whereas mouse two has not even the drive to start.”

Rosy, however, as this is what mouse two decided to call herself, did in fact have the drive and brain power to complete the maze. The only reason why Rosy had chosen to sleep, rather than to run, was due to her amazing ability to observe her own freewill. She was not a drone. And she would not conform. She was Rosy, and she chose to disconnect herself from a game that she never wanted any part of.