City mouse and country mouse

City Mouse and Country Mouse

Knock-knock! The country mouse ran towards the
door excitedly. He was expecting his cousin from
the city to come and visit.

“Hello, dear cousin,” he said, and gave his cousin
a big hug and made him sit down at the laid table.

“I’m so glad to see you! Come on in, let’s have
dinner and you will tell me how life is treating
you.”

“My dearest cousin, thank you for your warm
welcome”, the city mouse said. He took a quick
look at the neatly set table, which had only a few
dry berries and a dozen walnuts on it. “Life seems
to be treating me better than you. Come visit me
and I will show you such an abundant feast that
you will never want to come back to the country
again.”

And so the next week the country mouse visited
his cousin in the city. His cousin met him by a huge
store of food; including fresh grapes, granola,
bagels, nuts… The country mouse was astounded!

“Let’s have a real dinner now, dear cousin,” the
city mouse said and was just about to tuck in,
when a cat attacked the dinner table.

The two mice had to wait for the cat to take what
he wanted and leave, before they could go back.
“Phew! This was close! Things like this shouldn’t
bother you too much, it’s part of city life,” said
the host apologetically.

They tried again. This time they couldn’t even
touch their food, because a dog ran towards

them and the two cousins had to run for their
lives again.

“Dear cousin, thank you for your hospitality! The
table was indeed abundant, but we can never sit
and dine properly. I’d rather go back to the
country, where I can enjoy my dinner in peace.”

Moral of the story is that it's better to live
happily with little and be content, rather than live
with abundance or a lot of something, but in fear
all your life.