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The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

The Fable Cottage

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Warm-up Questions

From the title, what do you think the biggest difference is between a city mouse and a country mouse?
Do you think the story will be funny, scary, or surprising? Why?
What kinds of problems might happen when someone visits a very different place?

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The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

Meeting the mice & a tempting invitation (00:00 – 01:45)

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1. Where does the country mouse live?

In a basement under a restaurant
In a tall building near a museum
In a cozy nest at the bottom of a tree

2. What does the country mouse serve for dinner?

Cookies, cakes, and cheese
Food from her garden and water from the stream
Chinese food and lemonade

3. What does the country mouse decide after her dream?

She never wants to travel again
She wants to live in the city too
She wants to build a bigger nest

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

Arriving in the city & seeing the real home (01:45 – 02:47)

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1. How does the country mouse feel when she sees the big house?

Angry
Sleepy
Amazed

2. Where do the mice actually live?

In a nest at the bottom of a tree
Downstairs in the basement
In one of the twenty rooms upstairs

3. What is on the table for dinner?

A feast with many foods, including Chinese food
Only corn, carrots, and acorns
Only water from the stream

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

The cat, the missing food, and the moral (02:47 – 03:57)

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1. What happens just as the mice start to eat?

The country mouse falls asleep
A cat jumps on the table and chases them
The lights go out for the whole city

2. Why is all the food gone when the mice return?

The mice hid the food in the wall
The city humans ate everything
The cat took the food to the basement

3. What does the country mouse ask for at the end?

A new fancy hat
A bigger room upstairs
Help calling a taxi

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

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1. Why does the country mouse want to visit the city at first?

She wants to find a cat to be her friend
She wants to open a restaurant
She is excited by the city mouse’s stories and her dream

2. What is the biggest problem with city life in the story?

It is dangerous and stressful because of the cat
The city has no shops or museums
There is not enough food in the city

3. What is the moral of the story?

Sometimes other people’s lives are not as great as they make you believe
Never invite friends to your home
Always live in the city if you can

Discussion Questions

Discuss the ideas from this video

The City Mouse and the Country Mouse (UK English accent)

Would you rather live in the city or in the country? Give two reasons.
Have you ever visited a place that looked exciting, but felt uncomfortable when you arrived? What happened?
Why do you think the city mouse talks so much about the city? Is he trying to impress someone?
What is one “good thing” and one “bad thing” about the country mouse’s life and the city mouse’s life?

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