城乡老鼠.3 | City Mouse and Country Mouse Chapter 3

The Country Mouse ran after, you may be sure, as fast as HE could. As soon as they were out of danger the City Mouse said, “That was the old Cat; she is the best mouser in town,–if she once gets you, you are lost.” “This is very terrible,” said the little Country Mouse; “let us not go back to the cupboard again.” “No,” said the City Mouse, “I will take you to the cellar; there is something especial there.” So the City Mouse took his little friend down the cellar stairs and into a big cupboard where there were many shelves. On the shelves there were jars of butter, and cheeses in bags and out of bags. Overhead hung bunches of sausages, and there were spicy apples in barrels standing about. It smelled so good that it went to the little Country Mouse’s head. He ran along the shelf and nibbled at a cheese there, and a bit of butter there, until he saw an especially rich, very delicious-smelling piece of cheese on a queer little stand in the corner. He was just on the point of putting his teeth into the cheese when the City Mouse saw him.