Read the passage. wee, sleekit, cow’rin’, tim’rous beastie, o, what a panic’s in thy breastie! what is the best paraphrase of these opening lines from the poem “to a mouse” by robert burns?

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In the first lines of the poem "To a Mouse," Burns refers to the mouse he's referring to as small (wee), sly (sleekit), afraid, and cowardly (cow'rin and tim'rous). He then refers to the mouse as having a panic in its chest (panic's in thy breastie). 

A paraphrase of these lines could be something like, "The mouse is described as a small, timid, and sly animal."

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