City Mouse. Thank you. This is nice grain, but do you not have any pie or cake to eat? Country Mouse. I do not know what pie and cake are. I never ate any. City Mouse. Come to visit me to-mor row. Then you can have as much as you like. Country Mouse. Thank you. I shall come (The next day the Country Mouse goes to visit the City Mouse.) City Mouse. Good morning! I am glad to see you. Country Mouse. glad I came. Good morning! I am City Mouse. You must be hungry. Come into the pantry and get something to eat. (The mice go to the pantry.) City Mouse. Here is some cheese. Here is the cake, and here is the pie. Country Mouse. Oh, this is fine! I shall always stay here. I never had such good things to eat. (The door flies open and in come the dog and the cat. The dog barks and the cat says "Meow." Then the mice run away.) Country Mouse. creatures? What were those terrible City Mouse. Oh, they were only the dog and the cat. They often come here. When they go away, we can go back to the pantry. Country Mouse. No, I am going home. I do not have good things to eat, but I am safe. Good-bye. City Mouse. Good-bye. THE CITY MOUSE AND THE GARDEN MOUSE The City Mouse lives in a house; The Garden Mouse lives in a bower. He is friendly with the frogs and toads, And sees the pretty plants in flower. The City Mouse eats bread and cheese; We will not grudge him seeds and twigs, -Christina G. Rossetti. THE GARDEN One day Red Fox said to Bruin, "Let us plant a garden." "Yes, let us plant a garden," said Bruin. Red Fox said, "You may have the tops, and I will have the roots.' "That is fair," said Bruin. "You may have the roots, and I will have the tops. "What shall we plant in our garden?" asked Red Fox. "Let us plant corn," said Bruin. "The birds will eat corn, " said Red Fox. "Let us plant turnips." "All right," said Bruin. "Let us plant turnips." 1 |