The City Mouse and the Country Mouse - US English accent (TheFableCottage.com)
Summary
TLDRIn this fable, a city mouse invites a country mouse to experience urban life, boasting of luxurious amenities and diverse cuisines. The country mouse is initially enchanted by the city's splendor, especially the Chinese food. However, reality hits when a menacing cat disrupts their feast, and they find themselves trapped and deprived of the meal by city dwellers. Realizing the perils of city life, the country mouse decides to return home, embracing the simplicity and safety of the countryside. The moral suggests that the allure of others' lifestyles may not always match the reality.
Takeaways
- 🏙️ The city mouse lives in a bustling urban environment with tall buildings, shops, and restaurants.
- 🌳 The country mouse resides in a cozy nest at the bottom of a tree, enjoying a simple and comfortable life.
- 🍽️ The country mouse serves a modest dinner from her garden, including corn, carrots, acorns, and water from a stream.
- 🗣️ The city mouse boasts about the city's amenities, including the theater, museum, and his large house with twenty rooms.
- 🍴 The city mouse invites the country mouse to experience city life, including trying Chinese food.
- 🛍️ The country mouse dreams of a luxurious city life filled with fancy restaurants, stores, and hats.
- 🏠 Upon visiting the city, the country mouse is amazed by the size and beauty of the city mouse's house.
- 🐭 The city mouse reveals that they live in the basement with many other mice, indicating a crowded living situation.
- 🍽️ A lavish dinner is prepared in the city, including a variety of foods and Chinese cuisine.
- 🐱 A sudden interruption occurs when a cat attacks during dinner, causing fear and chaos.
- 🚫 The mice are forced to hide and later find that all the food has been consumed by humans, leaving them with nothing.
- 🏡 The country mouse decides to return home, realizing that city life is not as wonderful as it seemed, and asks for a taxi to leave.
Q & A
What is the setting of the story 'The City Mouse and the Country Mouse'?
-The story is set in both a city with tall buildings, shops, and restaurants, and a cozy nest in the countryside at the bottom of a tree.
What does the city mouse invite the country mouse to do?
-The city mouse invites the country mouse to visit him in the city and experience the city life.
What kind of food does the country mouse prepare for dinner?
-The country mouse prepares a dinner consisting of corn, carrots, acorns, and a cold glass of water from the stream.
What does the city mouse boast about regarding city life?
-The city mouse boasts about the amazing city life, including going to the theater and museum, and having a house with twenty rooms.
What does the country mouse dream about after hearing about city life?
-The country mouse dreams about living in the city, eating at fancy restaurants, saying fancy things, and buying fancy hats from fancy stores, including trying Chinese food.
How does the country mouse feel about city life after her dream?
-The country mouse feels excited and thinks city life is wonderful, expressing her desire to live in the city.
What surprises the country mouse about the city mouse's house?
-The country mouse is surprised to find out that they live in the basement of the house, which is shared with many other families of mice.
What happens during the city mouse's dinner that frightens the mice?
-A cat with sharp teeth and claws jumps on the table and chases the mice off, causing them to hide in a hole in the wall.
Why does the country mouse decide to return to the country?
-The country mouse decides to return to the country because she realizes that city life is not as wonderful as she thought, especially after the dinner incident and the fact that all the food was eaten by the city humans.
What is the moral of the story?
-The moral of the story is that sometimes other people's lives are not as great as they make you believe, implying that one should not be easily swayed by the appearances of others' lifestyles.
What does the city mouse offer to the country mouse before she decides to leave?
-The city mouse offers to call a taxi to help the country mouse return to her home in the countryside.
Outlines
🏙️ The City Mouse Visits the Country Mouse
The city mouse, who lives in a bustling urban environment with tall buildings, shops, and restaurants, visits his friend, the country mouse. The country mouse lives in a small, warm, and cozy nest at the bottom of a tree. She prepares a simple dinner with food from her garden, including corn, carrots, acorns, and water from the stream. Meanwhile, the city mouse boasts about his amazing life in the city, describing his large house with twenty rooms and inviting the country mouse to visit.
🌆 The Country Mouse Dreams of City Life
That night, the country mouse dreams of living in the city, imagining herself dining at fancy restaurants, saying fancy things, and buying fancy hats. She even dreams about eating Chinese food, which she finds exciting and luxurious. The dream makes her eager to experience the city life for herself.
🏚️ The Country Mouse's City Visit
The next morning, the country mouse agrees to visit the city mouse. She is astonished by the enormous house with twenty rooms filled with beautiful furniture. However, she is surprised when the city mouse leads her to the basement, where many families of mice live in the dark. Despite her discomfort, they go back upstairs to enjoy a feast of delicious foods, including cheese, bread, cookies, cakes, lemonade, and Chinese food.
😱 The City Cat's Attack
Just as the two mice begin their meal, a city cat with sharp teeth and claws suddenly attacks, chasing them off the table and across the floor. The mice manage to hide in a hole in the wall but are trapped, waiting silently until the cat leaves. When they return to the dining room, all the food has been eaten by the city humans.
🚕 The Country Mouse Returns Home
Realizing that city life is not as wonderful as it seemed, the country mouse quickly packs her bag, deciding to return home. She tells the city mouse that his life in the city is not as great as he made it out to be and asks for help in calling a taxi. The story concludes with the moral that sometimes other people’s lives are not as great as they make you believe.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡City Mouse
💡Country Mouse
💡Chinese Food
💡Basement
💡Feast
💡Cat
💡Taxi
💡Twenty Rooms
💡Dreams
💡Moral
Highlights
The city mouse lives in a bustling city with tall buildings, shops, and restaurants.
The country mouse resides in a cozy nest at the bottom of a tree, enjoying a simple and comfortable life.
The country mouse prepares a dinner from her garden, showcasing the simplicity of country life.
The city mouse boasts about the city's amenities and his twenty-room house.
The city mouse invites the country mouse to experience the city's wonders, including Chinese food.
The country mouse dreams of city life, imagining fancy restaurants and elegant attire.
The country mouse decides to visit the city, intrigued by the city mouse's descriptions.
Upon arrival, the country mouse is amazed by the city mouse's enormous house with twenty rooms.
The city mouse reveals they live in the basement with many housemates, contrasting the grandeur upstairs.
A lavish dinner is prepared in the city, including a variety of foods and Chinese cuisine.
A cat interrupts the feast, causing chaos and forcing the mice to flee.
The mice hide in a wall hole, trapped and waiting for the cat to leave.
Upon returning to the dining room, the mice find all the food has been eaten by the city humans.
The country mouse decides city life is not for her and wishes to return home.
The country mouse asks the city mouse to call a taxi to help her get back to the country.
The moral of the story is that other people's lives may not be as great as they appear.
Transcripts
The city mouse and the country mouse
A version of the tale by TheFableCottage.com
This is a city mouse.
He lives in a big city with tall buildings and lots of shops and restaurants.
But today he is visiting his friend, a country mouse.
The country mouse lives in a cozy nest at the bottom of a tree.
Her home is small, but it is warm and comfortable.
The country mouse cooks a dinner of food from her garden:
corn, carrots, acorns
and a cold glass of water from the stream
Meanwhile, the city mouse talks and talks:
The city is amazing!
I go to the theater and the museum...
My house has TWENTY rooms.
You absolutely MUST visit!
Have you ever tried Chinese food?
That night, the country mouse dreams that she lives in the city.
She dreams that she eats at fancy restaurants,
says fancy things,
and buys fancy hats from fancy stores.
She dreams about eating Chinese food.
"How wonderful!" she thinks.
"I want to live in the city too!"
The next morning the country mouse agrees to visit the city mouse.
She packs her bag and follows the city mouse back to his big house in the city.
The house is enormous!
There are TWENTY rooms full of beautiful furniture.
The country mouse is amazed.
"Which room is mine?" she asks.
"Um... we actually live down here…" says the city mouse.
He leads her down some stairs to the basement.
In the darkness, the country mouse sees many families of mice.
"These are my housemates…" explains the city mouse.
The city mouse leads the country mouse back upstairs for dinner.
In the dining room there is a feast of delicious foods on the table:
cheese, bread, cookies, cakes, and lemonade.
There is also… Chinese food!
But just as they start to eat...
CRASH!
A cat with sharp teeth and sharp claws jumps up on the table.
REEEEEOWWWW!
The city cat chases the two mice off the table and across the floor.
The mice hide in a hole in the wall.
They are trapped!
They wait silently until the cat leaves.
Then, they quietly creep back to the dining room
… but all the food is gone!
The city humans ate everything!
The country mouse hurries back to the basement and packs her bag.
"Where are you going?" asks the city mouse.
"Home.” she says.
I want to go back to the country.
Your city life isn't so wonderful after all.
Now, please, help me call a taxi.
Moral:
Sometimes other people’s lives are not as great as they make you believe.
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