. House of play; verses-rhymes-stories for young folks .. . asked by the Field Mouse to dinewith him, and out he went and sat down to a meal of corn andwheat. Do you know, my friend, said he, that you live a mereantj life out here? Why, I have all kinds of things at home;come and enjoy them. So the two set off for town, and there the Town Mouseshowed his beans and meal, his dates, too; his cheese and fruitand honey. And as the Field Mouse ate, drank, and wasmerry, he thought how rich his friend was and how poor he was. But as they ate, a man all at once opened the do^- and themice were in such
. House of play; verses-rhymes-stories for young folks .. . asked by the Field Mouse to dinewith him, and out he went and sat down to a meal of corn andwheat. Do you know, my friend, said he, that you live a mereantj life out here? Why, I have all kinds of things at home;come and enjoy them. So the two set off for town, and there the Town Mouseshowed his beans and meal, his dates, too; his cheese and fruitand honey. And as the Field Mouse ate, drank, and wasmerry, he thought how rich his friend was and how poor he was. But as they ate, a man all at once opened the do^- and themice were in such fear that they ran into a crack. Then when they would eat some nice figs, in came a maidto get a pot of honey or a bit of cheese; and when they saw her,they hid in a hole. Then the Field Mouse would eat no more, but said to theTown Mouse: Do as you like, my good friend; eat all youwant, have your fill of good things, but you are always in fearof your life. As for me, poor Mouse, who have only corn andwheat, I will live on at home, in no fear of any
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