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 Ilgın Cansu Şimşek Secondary School

   The Tale of the City Mouse and the Field Rat

  The  city mouse friend always visited the field mouse by going to the field. He was a guest of him and had their meals together every day. One day, the city mouse invite his friend the field mouse to the city where he lives.The city rat insisted so much that the poor field mouse, who did not like the city life very much, at last; He started off by saying “I have to respond to the invitation, let me go and visit this friend’s house.”.   

     When the field mouse completed its journey and reached the house where the city mouse lived, he could not believe his eyes. He did not hide his astonishment by saying, “Oh my God, what a great wealth this is.” As they saw more impressed when they entered, especially when they saw that banquet table, he was speechless. Only bird’s milk was missing on the table, beautiful dishes, various cheeses and every imaginable food awaited them.

 

   The city rat put this cherished guest in the corner. They were just about to start eating, it was a noise. After a while, this big house, its big cat entered. The city rat ran away and hid. Seeing this, the field mouse also hid. After a while, the cat, which was chugging around on a raft, was gone. They sat down at the table and a noise broke out again. This time she was the wife of the house who came home. Fortunately, he didn’t see the mice hiding right away, but the mice were terrified. City mouse; “The danger has passed, now we can eat our meal”, saying that his friend invited the field mouse to the table, but the field mouse went to the door before sitting at the table. That’s enough fear, ”he said.

 

Thus, the field mouse returned to the poor lands where it lived as it came and continued to live happily. He never went to the city again.