Fables in Rhyme for Little Folks

<h2><SPAN name="f8" id="f8"></SPAN><i>The City Mouse And The Country Mouse.</i></h2> <ANTIMG src="images/8,1.jpg" alt="8,1"><br/> <br/> A City Mouse, with ways polite,<br/> A Country Mouse invited<br/> To sup with him and spend the night.<br/> Said Country Mouse: "De--lighted!"<br/> In truth it proved a royal treat,<br/> With everything that's good to eat.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/8,2.jpg" alt="8,2"><br/> Alas! When they had just begun<br/> To gobble their dinner,<br/> A knock was heard that made them run.<br/> The City Mouse seemed thinner.<br/> And as they scampered and turned tail,<br/> He saw the Country Mouse grow pale.<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/8,3.jpg" alt="A knock was heard."><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/8,4.jpg" alt="8,4"><br/> <ANTIMG src="images/8,5.jpg" alt="8,5"><br/> The knocking ceased. A false alarm!<br/> The City Mouse grew braver.<br/> "Come back!" he cried. "No, no! The farm,<br/> Where I'll not quake or quaver,<br/> Suits <i>me</i>," replied the Country Mouse.<br/> "You're welcome to your city house."<br/> <ANTIMG src="images/8,6.jpg" alt="8,6"> <br/> <br/> <hr class="narrow"> &nbsp; <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />