The rhyme doesn't say WHY they were blind, it just says they were.
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Some historians believe that, like so many nursery rhymes, there is a darker hidden meaning. Three Blind Mice may...
They would probably be white, because in most fairytale storybooks they seem to be white. But, they could possibly be grey or a cream colour. The three blind mice on Shrek 2 are white.
the three blind mice are from the song, 'three blind mice': three not blind mice! three not blind mice! see how they sleep! see how they eat! they all ran after the farmer's knife, who cut off their...