Aesop Fable information part 9
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse^14
A Country Mouse invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a
visit and partake of his country fare. As they were on the bare
plowlands, eating there wheat-stocks and roots pulled up from the
hedgerow, the Town Mouse said to his friend, "You live here the life
of the ants, while in my house is the horn of plenty. I am surrounded
by every luxury, and if you will come with me, as I wish you would,
you shall have an ample share of my dainties." The Country Mouse was
easily persuaded, and returned to town with his friend. On his
arrival, the Town Mouse placed before him bread, barley, beans, dried
figs, honey, raisins, and, last of all, brought a dainty piece of
cheese from a basket. The Country Mouse, being much delighted at the
sight of such good cheer, expressed his satisfaction in warm terms and
lamented his own hard fate. Just as they were beginning to eat,
someone opened the door, and they both ran off squeaking, as fast as
they could, to a hole so narrow that two could only find room in it by
squeezing. They had scarcely begun their repast again when someone
else entered to take something out of a cupboard, whereupon the two
Mice, more frightened than before, ran away and hid themselves. At
last the Country Mouse, almost famished, said to his friend:
"Although you have prepared for me so dainty a feast, I must leave you
to enjoy it by yourself. It is surrounded by too many dangers to
please me. I prefer my bare plowlands and roots from the hedgerow,
where I can live in safety, and without fear."
The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse^14
A Country Mouse invited a Town Mouse, an intimate friend, to pay him a
visit and partake of his country fare. As they were on the bare
plowlands, eating there wheat-stocks and roots pulled up from the
hedgerow, the Town Mouse said to his friend, "You live here the life
of the ants, while in my house is the horn of plenty. I am surrounded
by every luxury, and if you will come with me, as I wish you would,
you shall have an ample share of my dainties." The Country Mouse was
easily persuaded, and returned to town with his friend. On his
arrival, the Town Mouse placed before him bread, barley, beans, dried
figs, honey, raisins, and, last of all, brought a dainty piece of
cheese from a basket. The Country Mouse, being much delighted at the
sight of such good cheer, expressed his satisfaction in warm terms and
lamented his own hard fate. Just as they were beginning to eat,
someone opened the door, and they both ran off squeaking, as fast as
they could, to a hole so narrow that two could only find room in it by
squeezing. They had scarcely begun their repast again when someone
else entered to take something out of a cupboard, whereupon the two
Mice, more frightened than before, ran away and hid themselves. At
last the Country Mouse, almost famished, said to his friend:
"Although you have prepared for me so dainty a feast, I must leave you
to enjoy it by yourself. It is surrounded by too many dangers to
please me. I prefer my bare plowlands and roots from the hedgerow,
where I can live in safety, and without fear."
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