THE TWO MICE.
'A simplo Country Mouse once gave a dinner to a grand Mouse from town, and put before him the best food that he had, sitting by without eating himself, so that his guest could thoroughly enjoy his meal. , " Why do you live in a little hole in the hedgerow like this where everything is so quiet and there is no rich food ? Come and have dinner with me, and I ■will show you how you ought to live," the Town Mouse had said. So one night the Country Mouse went to town and found the City Mouse in a great house. He was surprised to find the table covered with all kinds ef food he had never even seen before. " Now," said the City Mouse, " you can enjoy yourself," and the Country Mouse was soon tasting the good things. Suddenly the barking of a huge dog inside the house made both little mics scamper away in a dreadful fright. The City Mouse hid in his hole hi the floor, and the Country Mouse did, not stop natil he was within sight of his own hedgerow. all.' 3 thought he, "I am very home " W my simple fare and quiet Simple pleasures axe often the best.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19376, 10 July 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)
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208THE TWO MICE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19376, 10 July 1926, Page 4 (Supplement)
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