Narrative Text The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Now you must know that a Town Mouse once upon a time went on a visit to his cousin in the country. He was rough and ready, this cousin, but he loved his town friend and made him heartily welcome. Beans and bacon, cheese and bread, were all he had to offer, but he offered them freely.
The Town Mouse rather turned up his long nose at this country fare, and said: “I cannot understand, Cousin, how you can put up with such poor food as this, but of course you cannot expect anything better in the country; come you with me and I will show you how to live. When you have been in town a week you will wonder how you could ever have stood a country life.”
No sooner said than done: the two mice set off for the town and arrived at the Town Mouse’s residence late at night. “You will want some refreshment after our long journey,” said the polite Town Mouse, and took his friend into the grand dining-room. There they found the remains of a fine feast, and soon the two mice were eating up jellies and cakes and all that was nice. Suddenly they heard growling and barking. “What is that?” said the Country Mouse. “It is only the dogs of the house,” answered the other. “Only!” said the Country Mouse.
“I do not like that music at my dinner.” Just at that moment the door flew open, in came two huge mastiffs, and the two mice had to scamper down and run off. “Good-bye, Cousin,” said the Country Mouse, “What! going so soon?” said the other. “Yes,” he replied;
Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear
Taken from: http://www.aesops-fables.org.uk
The possibly new vocabulary for you:
1. heartily: in a loud or enthusiastic way, completely or extremely
2. bacon: meat from a pig that is treated with smoke or salt, and is often cooked in rashers (=thin pieces)
3. fare: the type of food that is available, especially in a restaurant or café
4. wonder: to admire someone or something and feel surprised by how beautiful or unusual they are
5. residence: a house or other place where someone lives, especially a large house used by an important person
6. feast: a large meal for a lot of people, usually in order to celebrate something
7. growling: to say something in an unfriendly and angry way,
if an animal growls, it makes a frightening or unfriendly low noise
8. mastiffs: a large strong dog with short smooth fur
9. scamper: to move quickly with small light steps
10. ale: a type of dark–coloured beer without bubbles
11. remains: the part of something that is left after the rest has been finished, used, or destroyed
12. fear: the feeling that you have when you are frightened
13. polite: someone who is polite behaves towards other people in a pleasant way that follows all the usual rules of society
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