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The Town Mouse and
The Town Mouse and
the Country Mouse
the Country Mouse

Warm-Up
Warm-Up

Tick (3) the advantages and cross () the disadvantages of living in a town.
1. Fresh air 2. Jobs

3. Crowded 4. Availability of transport services

5. Availability of medical services 6. Lack of natural spaces

Once a little mouse from the Town, came to visit his cousin, the Country Mouse who

lived in the village. When the little Town Mouse sat down to dinner, he was surprised
to find that there was nothing to eat except rice and wheat grains.

“Is this all you get to eat in the Village?” asked the Town Mouse. “You must come to

visit me in the town and see how grandly I live! I have nice things to eat every day. So,
the Country Mouse decided to go to the town to visit Town

Mouse.

On the first day, the Town
Mouse took the Country

Mouse into the kitchen and
showed him the cupboard

filled with jars of food.

He led his cousin to a paper
bag full of sugar candy. The

Town Mouse gnawed a
hole in the bag and the two

little mice began to nibble
greedily.

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