【名著】伊索寓言1

The Country Mouse and the City Mouse The City Mouse comes to visit his old friend, the Country Mouse, who lives in the country. They haven’t met for a long time. So they are very happy to see each other. The City Mouse gets off the city bus.Country Mouse: WELCOME, my old friend!I am so happy to see you.City Mouse: Hello there, my old friend!I missed you very much.Country Mouse: You must be very hungry. Let’s go to my house.I prepared two special dishes for you.City Mouse: Oh, thank you very much.I AM very hungry.The City Mouse and the Country Mouse arrive at the Country Mouse’s tiny, old house. City Mouse looks surprised.City Mouse: My goodness!How can you live here?The house is so small and oldCountry Mouse: Perhaps.But it’s very quiet and cozy.And I am happy here.City Mouse: Hmm.Really?!I can’t understand you.Country Mouse: Sit here.I’ll bring out the food.The Country Mouse puts the food on the table.Country Mouse: Here is some lunch.Please eat.City Mouse: You must be kidding?Dry bread and corn?How can you eat such things?Country Mouse: Why?They are the best foods in the country.They taste very good.City Mouse: No, thank you.I don’t like dry bread and corn.I like cakes and cookies.Don’t you have any?Country Mouse: What are they?I have never tasted them.Are they delicious?City Mouse: Of course.They are so soft, so sweet, and so very delicious.I eat them very day in the city.Country Mouse: Wow!!!You are a lucky mouse!I would like to taste them someday, too.City Mouse: Please visit me anytime.I’ll show you the city.And you can eat delicious food every day.Country Mouse: Really?I can eat cakes, cookies, and sweets every day?City Mouse: Of course.Country Mouse: I am so excited.Can I visit you tomorrow?City Mouse: I have a great idea!Country Mouse: What is it?City Mouse: Visit me today!Country Mouse: Today?!City Mouse: Yes! Right now!Country Mouse: Right now?City Mouse: Yes!Come with me now.Country Mouse: Really?Okay!City Mouse: Let’s go…City Mouse:…TO THE CITY!!!Country Mouse: Y-a-h-o-o!The City Mouse and the Country Mouse get on a bus to the cityCity Mouse: We get off here.Country Mouse: Wow!Look at the tall buildings and bright lights.The city is so beautiful.What is that?City Mouse: It’s a truck.Be careful!Country Mouse: Oh, I didn’t know.The city Mouse and the country Mouse finally arrive at the City Mouse’s red brick house.City Mouse: There is my house.Let’s go inside.Country Mouse: Wow!Your house is so big and beautiful.You are a lucky mouse.City Mouse: Let’s go into the kitchen.I’m so hungry.Country Mouse: Look! Cheese!City Mouse: Stop!Don’t touch it!Country Mouse: Why not?I love cheese.City Mouse: That is a mousetrap.If you eat the cheese,you will get trapped.Be careful.Country Mouse: Oh, I didn’t know.The City Mouse and the Country Mouse climb up to the kitchen table.Country Mouse: You eat like this every day?There is so much food.City Mouse: Here, try this chocolate cake.Country Mouse: Mmm.It’s so soft, so sweet, and so very delicious.City Mouse: Try this butter cookie, too.Country Mouse: Yummy! Yummy!I want some more.City Mouse: Ssh…Be quiet.I hear something.Country Mouse: What?City Mouse: Uh-oh.It’s Old Yellow.Country Mouse: Who’s Old Yellow?City Mouse: It’s the master’s dog.Hide behind the cake!Country Mouse: Why?City Mouse: Don’t ask questions!Just hide!Old Yellow comes in the kitchen.Old Yellow: Grrrrrr…Old Yellow starts sniffing around the kitchen table. City Mouse: (in a whisper)Stay still!!!Don’t breathe.Don’t make a sound!Old Yellow: I smell mice. Come out, come out wherever you are!Arf! Arf! Arf!Old Yellow starts barking and running around the table.Country Mouse: I’m so afraid.City Mouse: Me too. But, get ready to run!Mr. Strawberry: (voice coming from the living room)Come here, Old Yellow!You need a bath.Old Yellow: I’ll be back.Grrrrrr…Old Yellow leaves the kitchen growling.City Mouse: Thank goodness!Old Yellow is gone.We are safe now.Country Mouse: My goodness!How can you live here?City Mouse: It’s not too bad.You just have to be careful.Let’s have some more cakes.Country Mouse: Are you sure it is safe?City Mouse: Of course.Let’s eat.I am still hungry.The City Mouse and the Country Mouse start eating again. This time, Fluffy, a cat, appears.Fluffy: Meow. Meow. Meow.I smell mice.Come out, come outwherever you are!Fluffy sees the two mice and jumps up on the table.Fluffy: Oh, there you are!City Mouse: Quick!!Jump!!!Run! Run! Run!Run for your life!Country Mouse: Help me! Help me!I don’t know where to run!City Mouse: Here! This way!Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!Inside my hole!Quickly!The City Mouse and the Country Mouse run into the mousehole. Both of them are out of breath, but they are safe.City Mouse: Are you okay?(out of breath)Country Mouse: Yes.But I am very scared.City Mouse: Don’t worry.Fluffy can’t get in here.Country Mouse: How can you live here?It’s so dangerous.City Mouse: It’s not too bad.You just have to be a fast runner.Country Mouse: I’m going back home.City Mouse: Why?Please stay a little longer.Country Mouse: No, thanks.The city is too dangerous.City Mouse: But there is still a lot of food left.Country Mouse: You can eat it all.I’m going back to the countryand eat my dry bread and corn.City Mouse: But they taste terrible.Country Mouse: Perhaps.But there are no trucks, dogs, or cats in the country.City Mouse: You are a lucky mouse.MORALMental comfort is more important than physical comfort.

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