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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse – Fairy Tales

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The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ 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...

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10 thoughts on “The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse – Fairy Tales”

  1. the barking of the mastiffs – rozita

    • The source of danger was coming from the huge mastiffs and the dogs of the house.

  2. 1. The mouse offers jelly and cake as a Luxurious food -Robina

    • The town mouse offers his cousin luxurious foods, such as jellies and cakes in the feast.

  3. 1. The two mice found a fine feast of jellies and cakes.
    2. The two huge mastiffs come in and barking while the two mice enjoying the fancy feast.
    3. As the Country Mouse did, peace was more important than the fine feasts. This story telling us, fear and anxiety do not let us to enjoy luxurious life.

    • Thank you so much for your comment!
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      1. The two huge mastiffs came in and started barking while the two mice were enjoying the fancy feast.
      2. As the Country Mouse did = Did you mean “said” instead of “did”? – As the country mouse said
      3. This story telling us = This story tells us
      4. fear and anxiety do not let us to enjoy luxurious life. = do not let us enjoy (causative verbs) …

  4. And also in this sentence: ( in came two huge mastiffs.), shouldn’t it be ( came in) ?

    • You’re right. This is because of the old-fashioned and literary style of this fable. In addition, sometimes we change the order of words to place some emphasis. For example, we say: “Study more carefully for the exam” said the teacher. However, we should say: the teacher said.

  5. Hello Dr.Hariri. I have a question.
    What is the meaning of this sentence: (No sooner said than done.)

    • Hi Armaghan.
      No sooner said than done = immediately
      It means the act of saying and doing something happens at the same time without wasting any time.

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