The City Mouse and the Country Mouse ce upon a time, City Mouse Went to visit his cousin who lived Jin the country. The two mice tok a walk in a meadow, then had dinner inside an old barn. Country Mouse served City Mouse a few nuts, afew barley grains, afew peas, and few ltl pices of cheese This was nota fancy meal, but it wa all County Mouse had to offer City Mouse tured up his long whiskery nose st the country food. “Cousin, you ae living on scraps." he said. “But maybe you don't expect anything better, way out here in the country. Come with me and I wil show you how to really live.” The two mice set out for the city and arsived at City Mouse's house late at night. They were both very hungry after the long trip, so they went into a grand dining room witha huge erystal chandelier. There, the mice found big mounds of jelly, heaping helpings of carots, giant chunks of cheese, and entire ears of com on the cab, The two mice began to nibble away at this feast. Al ofa sudden, they heand loud barking and commotion. “What's that sound?” asked Country Mouse, Thats only the dogs ofthe house coming home with their masters” replied City Mouse, “Only dogs!” squeaked Country Mouse, teribly frightened. “What do you mean, only dogs!” Just then, the dogs burst through the door, barking and growling. The two mice seurtied into a hole in the wall. Once they were safe, Country Mouse tumed to Cty Mouse. “T'm leaving” said Country Mouse, already two fet out the door, The Fox and the Crow crow had just found a delicious pice of cheese on a A& Table, She landed in a tee aad prepared vo eat this tasty morse Just then a sly fox happened to be passing by. The fox spotted the erow land thought about how much he would like to eat that cheese “Madame Crow” called the fox. “You ae a sight for sore eyes. My, but ‘you are looking beautiful today” ‘The fox had the erow’s attention now, most certainly, The erow looked down from the tee and th fox continued. “You must be the most beautiful animal in all the forest. Now rabbits, 1 ‘grant you, they're prety. And frogs may be fetching too. But you, ‘Madame Crovs, you ar, without a doubt, the most lovely of creatures, with your slick black feathers, your shiny eyes. I wonder if your song is as glorious as you ae. I would just give anything to hear you sing Madame Crove.” At this, the erow puffed up her chest, threw back her head, fluttered her ‘wings, and began to sing: "Cav, ca, caw, caw! ‘Of course, the cheese fell out of the crow’s beak. The fox caught it before it even hit the ground. Then he turned and trotted away in search ‘of a pleasant place to eat a big tasty chunk of cheese.The Tortoise and the Hare ‘sual te hare was braging to all the oter anal ‘Speed. “'m faster than the wind, quicker than nghtil "No one his ever beaten me. No one ever wil challenge any ‘animal hee to race me” The foxes and donkeys and frogs and serpents loked on in silence. Noone would accep the hare’s challenge. Then & Tone voice rose up “I will ace you sai the onto, “You! said the hare, suckering. “Why, that's a ine joke. I will dance around you all he wa tothe finish Line!" ‘We'll ce about that” said the trois quietly. “Shall we ro?” “The stating signal was given, and off went the tris and the hae Almost at once, the hare darted over hillside and as oo sight. The tortoise sto slowly, just pling along Soon the hare was way ahead ofthe toolset was a hot day He'd grown tired from running so fst. fe thought about how fr behind the toroise would be by now. So the Jnare decided to take alte nap. On a sof, shady patch of gras, he cred up and went sleep, ‘Steal, slowly, the tortoise kept plodding along. The sua fell lower in the sk. The shadows grew longer. The hare woke up and stretched." ‘wonder where that silly tortoise is no” hes to himll “Thad a ‘reat nap, PI bet the tortoise is sil miles behind me” ‘The hare looked back down the road. Sure enough, there was no tortoise insight Then he looked up the road toward the finish ine. Oh no! The tortie, sl plodding slong, was now nearing the end ofthe race “Then the hare ran the fstest he ever had. But it was too late. The tortoise crawled actos the finish ine, AU the animals shouted, “Tortoise won, toroise won!” “The are couldn't believe it, And the tortoise just smiled to himself The Wind and the Sun ‘be day, the Wind and the Sun got into an argument “Vim mach stronger than you sid the Sun “Ob, really” sid the Wind. “Lean ‘bend tal tees can scream ad how and make all sors of racket. You just st ‘here, with that goofy smile of yours. ‘You can't move anything. You don't sake any noise” “Well then, let's ave a contest” said the Sun, “That will decide who is rly stronger” A that momen, a man wearing a cot was walking along a country road “Okay, here are the rales,” continued the Sun, “Whichever one of ws ca get that coat ofthat man is the strongest.” “Pair enough” suid the Wind ~You go fis” said the Sun. The Sun politely docked behind a cloud and ‘he Wind began to blow. She uted and she puffed. The man simply plled his coat cloner around him, So te wind began to baw, causing dis 0 swirl and wigs to ly. Bu the man palled his cout around im ighter sil “My tum,” said the Sun, The Sun came out from behind the cloud, He ‘beamed down on the man. He covered the man in light, bathed im in ‘wannth, The man smiled up at the Sun, happy tat the col, harsh wind had died down. It was even getting rather hot walking along this country road. So the man 00k of his coat,