A Mechanical Mouse?

I saw this "mouse" in the woods of Bainbridge Island the other day, and immediately thought, What is this???

Is it a sculpture? Is it some kind of machinery, abandoned long ago in the woods? (Machinery that has the head of a mouse?) 

Or is it a mechanical mouse that appeared in the woods just so people would wander by and ask, What if? 

What if this odd mouse was sent by Mechanical Mousedom to take over Planet Earth? What if it was left behind by mechanical explorers several thousand years ago? What if it retired from working at Disneyworld, got old and rusty, and now longs to entertain children again?

Come up with your own "What if" and write the story of "A Mechanical Mouse."