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Lektion 60.
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The Mouse, the Cock, and the Cat.
A young mouse, whose mother was very careful of her,
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was desirous of going abroad, and seeing the world. »Dear
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mamma, said she, J do not like to be always, as they call it,
tied to your apron-string. I have as many legs as either you
or my father, and can run extremely fast. I have a very
clear eye-sight, and shall know how to make a good use of
it. Now, do, let me walk out quite by myself this line
morning.» »Your inclination, replied the old mouse is very
commendable. Young people should learn to take care of
themselves, and not always want a nurse or a servant at their
elbow. But you are so inexperienced and so ignorant, I shall
have a thousand fears about you. The carts may run over
you, or the horses may trample you to death. Mice have so
many enemies in the world!» Oh! never be afraid of me,
mamma!» said the young one. »You shall see that I will be
as quick as a hawk to discover danger, and shall always be
wise enough, to distinguish a friend from a foe.» In spite of
all that the young mouse said, her mamma could not help
feeling a thousand terrors for her darling. »Good bye,
mamma», said the little one; »you may depend upon seeing me
in two hours at furthest.» »Good bye, my love», said the
mother. »Remember all I have said to you, take care of
yourself!» In less than half an hour the young mouse came
running back, out of breath, and all the bristles of her back
standing upright with terror. »What is the matter, my dear?
said her mother; »I am so glad to see you again.» »Give
me a minute to take breath, and I will tell you.» »I am
afraid you have been running heedlessly into some danger»,
said the old mouse, shaking her head. »Indeed, but I think,
I have acted like a wise mouse. After having gone, through
two or three fields, and looked at the daisies and
buttercups, and the cows and the ditches, I turned into John
Stump’s farm-yard hard by. There I examined the hogs, and
the dogs, and the logs, and the ploughs, and the rakes, that
I might gain experience, and know something of the world.
While I was thus engaged, I spied a terrible creature on a
dunghill, whom I presently knew for an enemy. I cannot
tell the name of this creature, but, if I describe it to you,
perhaps you can. It had got a strange piece of flesh, as red
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