The City Mouse and the countrv Mouse
A City Mouse and a Country Mouse were acquaintances (friends), and the Country Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The City Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of roots. The fare was not much tt
) the taste of the ques
and o
resent he broke out with My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare (live) rou
must come and stay with me, and I promise you, you shall live on tr
lhe land.
and someone 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 agair
when he returned to the city he took the Country Mouse with him, and showed him into a pantry 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 beoun.
the door of the larde
and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. "Good-bye," said he, "Im 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
in peace."
Recall the first step in the process to determine theme. In three to four sentences, sumn
events that happened in the fable. (25 points
