Illustration of a cheerful mouse accompanying a children's poem about seven little mice.

Let’s read the poem carefully and answer each question step by step.

The poem is called “Seven Little Mice” and it talks about seven mice, one for each day of the week: Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday.

Each mouse has a different reaction to finding a bun:

- Sunday found a great, big bun.
- Monday wished he had one (but didn’t find one).
- Tuesday said he was fat enough without one.
- Wednesday sat down to sulk and pout (he’s upset).
- Thursday said, “I’ll get one for myself!”
- Friday said, “There’s another on the shelf.”
- Saturday began to beg and squeak.

Then all seven together say:
“Come on! ... we’ve enough to last a week!”

That means — even though not every mouse got a bun right away, together they have enough buns to last all seven days (one per day).

Now let’s think: How many buns do they actually have?

We know:
- Sunday found 1 bun.
- Friday says there’s “another on the shelf” → that’s at least 1 more.
- Thursday says he’ll get one for himself → so maybe he goes and gets one? But does he already have it? The poem doesn’t say he *has* it yet — just that he will get one.
- Saturday is begging — maybe he wants one too.
- But then ALL SEVEN say together: “we’ve enough to last a week.”

A week = 7 days → so they must have 7 buns total.

Let’s count what we know for sure:

1. Sunday has 1 bun (found it).
2. Friday mentions “another on the shelf” → that’s #2.
3. Thursday says he’ll get one → if he gets it, that’s #3.
4. What about the others? Maybe some are sharing or maybe the “shelf” has more than one?

Wait — look again at Friday’s line:
“There’s another on the shelf.”
That could mean besides the one Sunday found, there’s at least one more.

But then Thursday says he’ll get one — maybe from the shelf? So perhaps the shelf has multiple.

And finally, they all say together: “we’ve enough to last a week.”

So regardless of who has what right now, collectively, they have 7 buns.

How do we know? Because “last a week” = 7 days = 7 buns (assuming one bun per day per mouse? Wait — no, probably one bun per day total? Or per mouse?)

Actually, re-read: “we’ve enough to last a week!” — and there are seven mice. If each mouse eats one bun per day, they’d need 49 buns — that seems too much.

More likely: They’re sharing the buns over the course of a week — meaning 7 buns total, one for each day, shared among them.

But the poem says “Little Mouse Sunday found a great, big bun” — singular. Then Friday says “there’s another on the shelf” — so at least two.

Then Thursday says he’ll get one — so maybe three.

But then Saturday is begging — maybe he doesn’t have one yet.

However, the key line is:
“Come on!” said all the seven,
“we’ve enough to last a week!”

This implies that as a group, they possess or can access 7 buns.

Perhaps the “great, big bun” Sunday found is large enough to be divided? But the poem doesn’t say that.

Alternatively, maybe each mouse ends up with one bun by the end.

Let’s list the mice and their status:

- Sunday: has 1 bun (found it)
- Monday: wishes he had one → doesn’t have one yet
- Tuesday: doesn’t want one → okay without
- Wednesday: sulking → probably doesn’t have one
- Thursday: will get one → so he will have one
- Friday: knows there’s another on shelf → so he might take that one
- Saturday: begging → wants one

If Thursday gets one, Friday takes the one on the shelf, and maybe Sunday shares his big bun? Or maybe the “great, big bun” counts as more than one?

Wait — here’s a better way: The poem is playful and rhythmic. It’s not meant to be super literal. The punchline is that even though individually they’re missing out or complaining, together they realize they have enough for a whole week — meaning 7 buns.

Since there are 7 mice and 7 days, and they say “enough to last a week,” it’s safe to conclude they have 7 buns in total.

How? Let’s assume:

- Sunday’s “great, big bun” might be considered as one, but maybe it’s large enough to feed more? Not specified.

Alternatively, perhaps “found a great, big bun” means he found one, and then later they discover more.

Friday says “there’s another on the shelf” — so that’s at least two.

Thursday says he’ll get one — so he goes and gets a third.

Maybe the shelf has more? Or maybe other mice also find some?

But the simplest interpretation — and the one that fits the ending — is that altogether, they have 7 buns.

Why? Because “last a week” = 7 days, and since there are 7 mice, likely one bun per mouse per week? No, that would be 49.

Wait — perhaps “last a week” means the buns will last them for seven days total — i.e., they have 7 buns to share over 7 days, eating one per day collectively.

That makes sense: 7 buns, one eaten each day, lasting a week.

So total buns = 7.

To confirm: The poem starts with Sunday finding one, then others react, and by the end, they unite and say they have enough for a week — implying 7 buns.

Therefore, the answer is 7.

Final Answer:
7