今天Kitty帶你讀的繪本來自英國海尼曼Heinemann分級閱讀系列中的故事The City Mouse and the Country Mouse(老鼠兄弟），本故事可用於城市與農村生活話題的新授或拓展閱讀。閱讀中，當你遇到新單詞時，請你通過圖片，猜一猜其意思！讀完故事後，請你留言告訴Kitty老師，Did the Country Mouse like the city life?(農村老鼠喜歡城市生活嗎？）
There was a city mouse. She went to visit
her friend in the country.
City Mouse had never been to the country
before. The grass was green, and the air
smelled（聞起來） fresh.
「I think I will like the country,」 she thought.
Country Mouse served a fine meal. She thought
the food was delicious.
But City Mouse did not agree. 「Country food
is different from city food,」 said City Mouse.
「Come visit me in the city. You will love
city food.」
「I will visit you soon,」 said Country Mouse.
「But now it is late. Let me show you your
bed in the barn（穀倉）.」
Country Mouse had made her friend a bed
in the hay（乾草）, right next to her own. Country
Mouse thought the hay was warm and cozy（舒服的）.
But City Mouse did not agree. 「This feels
like pins（回形針） and needles（針）!」 she thought. 「How can
anyone sleep in hay?」
「Come visit me in the city,」 said City Mouse.
「You will love city beds.」
「I will visit you soon,」 said Country Mouse.
Then she yawned and fell asleep.
City Mouse could not sleep at all. The hay
poked her and pinched her all night long. In
the morning, City Mouse said good–bye and
happily went back to the city.
The next month, Country Mouse visited her
friend in the city.
The buildings were tall, and the people were
busy. 「I think I will like the city,」 thought
Country Mouse.
「Come in,」 said City Mouse. 「But please
hurry! We have to run.」
City Mouse and Country Mouse ran. Finally,
they stopped in a big room. City Mouse
waved her arm grandly. 「Here we are!」 she said.
Country Mouse looked around her. She had
never seen so much food before.
「Have a taste of sugar,」 said City Mouse.
「Mmmm,」 said Country Mouse, licking her
lips. 「It is so sweet!」
「Try some butter,」 City Mouse said.
「OH!」 said Country Mouse. 「It is so delicious!」
The little mouse ate and ate. She felt like the
luckiest mouse in the world!
Just then, City Mouse squeaked, 「Run!」
「What’s wrong?」 cried Country Mouse.
「The people are here!」 yelled City Mouse.
「Run into that hole!」
The little mice ran as fast as they could
into a hole in the wall. Country Mouse was
shaking with fear.
「That was terrible!」 said Country Mouse.
「Does that happen all the time?」
「Oh,」 said City Mouse. 「You get used to it
after a while.」
Country Mouse did not think that she could
ever get used to it. City life was just too
scary for her.
The mice sat inside the wall.
「We can have a nap here,」 said City Mouse.
「This is nicer than your scratchy old hay bed.」
Country Mouse didn’t agree. But, tired
from so much running, she closed her eyes
and slept.
When the mice woke up, it was quiet.
「Let’s go back out!」 said City Mouse.
In the kitchen, the mice saw big plates
of food everywhere.
Country Mouse sniffed and nibbled one
delicious dish after another.
Then Country Mouse saw a beautiful piece
of cheese in the corner.
「OH—I want some of that cheese!」 Country
Mouse said.
「STOP!」 cried City Mouse. 「Don’t eat it!
It’s a terrible trap!」
Country Mouse stopped. 「What’s a trap?」
she asked.
「When you take the cheese, something comes
down on your head—hard!」 said City Mouse.
Country Mouse jumped to the floor.
「I think I』ll go home now, City Mouse,」 she
said. 「In the country, I never have to worry
about traps coming down hard on my head!
Good–bye!」
So Country Mouse went home.
She smelled the fresh air, she ate in peace,
and she slept in the warm, cozy hay. She was
happy to be a country mouse.
But she did dream about her visit to the city.
She dreamed about sugar, and butter . . .
and cheese...
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