The City Mouse and the Country Mouse 

There are two mice. They are friends. One mouse lives in the country, and other lives in the city. After several years the country mouse meets the city mouse. He says, “Come and see me at my house in the country.” So the city mouse goes.  The city mouse says, “The food is not good. Your house is not good, either. Why do You live in a hold in the field? Come and live in the city with me. You can live in a nice stone house there. You can eat nice food.” So the country mouse goes to the house of the city mouse. It is a very good house. The food is really nice, too. But when they are eating, they hear a great noise. They city mouse cries, “Run! Run! The cat is coming!” After some time they come out. The country mouse says, “I do not like living in the city. I like living in my hole in the field. It is nicer to be poor and happy than to be rich and afraid.”