A Town Mouse and A Country Mouse
The Country Mouse one day invited his
friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse
came and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots the latter
of which had a distinctly earthy flavour.
The flavour was not much to the taste of the guest and presently he
broke out with “My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the
ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn
of plenty. You must come and stay with me and I promise you shall live
on the fat of the land.”
So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him and
showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey
and dates.
The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it and sat down to enjoy
the luxuries his friend provided. But before they had well begun, the
door of the larder opened and some one came in. The two Mice scampered
off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole.
Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again. But some one
else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the
visitor. “Good bye,” said he, “I’m off. You live in the lap of luxury, I
can see, but you are surrounded by dangers whereas at home I can enjoy
my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace”.
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