The Mouse

Hats off to the genius/geniuses, who fashioned the most essential computer peripheral, of course we are talking about ‘The Mouse’. They shrank the size of the biological mouse, after removing its vital organs. The organs were replaced with miniaturized electronic circuitry. Many heads must have, sat together to find a way to replace the brain.

A blue eyed boy developed a software program thus breathing life into the mouse – effectively uniting Atman with the physical body!

He was careful not to give complete control of the system to the mouse. He allowed it to function only as a navigational aid across drives, folders and files!

After this enlightenment, the next task in hand was to give mobility to the mouse. The solution was simple – navigate the mouse using the human hand.

The next vexatious issue was what to do , regarding the external appearance?

Most of us dislike the look of the biological mouse and its’ furry, grey endodermis (outer skin). Contact by human hand was a predicament, though it was only a synthesized mouse. This consumer concern was cleverly overcome with a tortoise shell shaped plastic cover.

There still remained three unused parts from the biological mouse – the eyes, teeth and tail.

One by one the issues were sorted out (Isn't the divide and conquer approach best used here).

The eyes were merged as one and were placed on the belly of the mouse. Two of its teeth were put up on the front side of the shell, in order to aid in providing limited functions by obeying human commands, for example: positioning the cursor, selection etc on the PC.

The genius/geniuses did not forget to give a “real mouse touch” – they provided a knurled wheel to allow their mouse to scroll up and down.

The tail of the mouse was thoughtfully extended and plugged to the CPU as a two way communication appendage. What a metamorphosis!

Probably owing to the pressure from activists, a tailless (wire-less) mouse was introduced, may be, by a rodent lover.

Are you not happy to use the Mouse?

Don’t you reserve tickets, hotel rooms, transfer funds, send & reply mails with a mere click of the Mouse?

But for the Mouse, can you manage these complex tasks?

Now, humanoids take off your Hats and salute the genius/geniuses who fashioned this essential computer peripheral – the Mouse.