A country mouse invited his city friend to a meal, and though he served him with the best he had, it was poor fare enough. The city mouse pitied his friend’s poverty, and reminding him that a mouse’s life is all too short, urged him to come and live in the town where the pickings were so much better.

The city mouse was so persuasive that the country mouse followed him to a luxurious townhouse, where they found last night’s supper waiting to be cleared away. They were just tucking in when the householder came home with his dogs. The two mice scampered to safety, but the country mouse had seen enough to put him off city life forever.

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