StoryTitle("caps", "The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A town mouse met a country mouse ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "in a forest. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The country mouse was getting nuts. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Are you getting nuts for food?\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "asked the town mouse.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Yes,\" said the country mouse, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I am getting nuts for winter. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The woods are full of nuts. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It is a fine place to live.\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I have a fine place to live too,\" ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "said the town mouse.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"I do not get nuts for winter, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "but I have all I want to eat.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You must come to see me.\" ", "") ?>
PagePoem(58, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Yes, I will,\" said the country mouse. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"But you come to see me first. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "You can come on Christmas.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So the town mouse went to see the ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "country mouse on Christmas.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It was a long way. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And there was snow on the ground. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So when the town mouse got there ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "he was very hungry.", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "zpage058", "
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PoemStart() ?>
PagePoem(59, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The country mouse had nuts to eat, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she had good water to drink.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The country mouse ate a big dinner.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But the town mouse said, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"I can not eat this food.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "It is not good.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "Now you come to see me, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and eat some of my food.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "So the town mouse went home.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And the country mouse went with him.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "It was a long way.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "They were very hungry.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The town mouse had bread and cheese and ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "crumbs from the Christmas dinner.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The food was very good.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The country mouse ate and ate.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then she said to the town mouse, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2DQ", "", "\"How rich you must be.\"", "") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>
DisplayImage("text", "zpage060", "
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PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Soon a door opened, and a woman came in. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The town mouse ran to his hole.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The woman went out ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and left the door open.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "A big, hungry cat came running in.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The town mouse ran far into his hole. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The country mouse ran after him. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "But the old cat caught the country mouse ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "by the tail.", "") ?>
PagePoem(61, "L0", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Then the door shut with a bang. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "This frightened the cat, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "and she let go of the mouse.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The country mouse jumped ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", "far into the hole.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"Do you call this a happy home? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Do you call this riches?\" said she.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", " \"I do not want such riches.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " I only got away with my life.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " I am happy in my country home.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " There I have nuts and good water.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " And I do not have to run for my life. ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Good day, I am going home.\"", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", " And the country mouse ran home ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L2", "", " as fast as she could.", "") ?>
PoemAttribution("85", "— Norse Folk Tale") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>