Chain Of Command

Chain Of Command is a short story by Steven Arr describing the adventures of a head of the household of sentient mice living at the nuclear power station in following the human chain of command in his attempt to have the station janitor be ordered to remove a mousetrap from his 'front porch'. Eventually, the mice are left with no choice but to take over the world -- but even that won't make the janitor remove the pesky mousetrap.

The story is known to be aired on NBC's X minus one show (episode #76 dated Novermber 21, 1956), and was eventually translated to Russian and published in the USSR in Young Technician magazine in early 1970's.