The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Revisited by Gina Meyers

 The Country Mouse and the City Mouse Revisited

By Gina Meyers

I still have my Richard Scarry books. My all-time favorite story in my Richard Scarry book is the story of the country mouse and the city mouse.

Now the country mouse decides to visit her cousin the city mouse in the BIG City. The city mouse welcomes her cousin to the city by offering a scrumptious meal of fine cheese on a large dining room table, the spread went on for miles. What the city mouse failed to tell her cause the country mouse was that there was a rather fat and angry cat who was not after cheese, rather was after mice, they were the meal!!!! The cat lived at the house in the city as well. In the end, the moral of the story was that the country mouse would rather dine in peace than be the potential meal and she quickly resorted back to her quiet and peaceful life in the country. I’ve always loved the hustle and bustle of the city. And I’ve always loved the peace and quiet of country living. I’ve never agreed with the moral of the story because country life has a lot of unknowns and hidden hazards as well.