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THE TOWN MOUSE AND THE COUNTRY MOUSE

A Town Mouse and a Country Mouse were acquaintances, and the Country Mouse one day invited his friend to come and see him at his home in the fields. The Town Mouse came, and they sat down to a dinner of barleycorns and roots, the latter of which had a distinctly earthy flavour. The fare was not much to the taste of the guest, and presently he broke out with "My poor dear friend, you live here no better than the ants. Now, you should just see how I fare! My larder is a regular horn of plenty. You must come and stay with me, and I promise you you shall live on the fat of the land." So when he returned to town he took the Country Mouse with him, and showed him into a larder containing flour and oatmeal and figs and honey and dates. The Country Mouse had never seen anything like it, and sat down to enjoy the luxuries his friend provided: but before they had well begun, the door of the larder opened and some one came in. The two Mice scampered off and hid themselves in a narrow and exceedingly uncomfortable hole. Presently, when all was quiet, they ventured out again; but some one else came in, and off they scuttled again. This was too much for the visitor. "Good-bye," said he, "I'm off. You live in the lap of luxury, I can see, but you are surrounded by dangers; whereas at home I can enjoy my simple dinner of roots and corn in peace."

城里老鼠和乡下老鼠

一只城里老鼠和一只乡下老鼠相识，有一天，乡下老鼠邀请他的朋友到他在田野里的家里来看他。城市老鼠来了，和他们坐下来吃大麦的粒和根，后者有一个明显的土味。不太符合客人的口味，不久他就爆发了：“我可怜的亲爱的朋友，你住在这里不比蚂蚁好。现在，你应该看看我的家！我的食物是一个丰饶角。你必须和我在一起，我向你保证，你将过着养尊处优的生活。”所以，当他回到小镇，他把乡下的老鼠，带到了一个食物含有面粉和麦片、无花果、蜂蜜。乡下老鼠从来没有见过这样的事情，坐下来享受的奢侈品，他的朋友提供：但在他们开始享用时，储藏室的门开了，有人进来了。两只老鼠跑，躲在一个狭窄的、极不舒服的洞。当一切都平静，他们冒险出去；但有又些人来了，他们逃了。这些人太多了。”再见，“他说，”我不在这。我知道，你生活在奢侈的角落里，但你被危险包围着，而在家里，我可以简单的享受我的树根和玉米的晚餐。

词汇解析

acquaintances：n.熟人;相识的人( acquaintance的名词复数 );对…有了解;（与某人）认识;
fields：n.田( field的名词复数 );（作某种用途的）场地;（学习或研究的）领域;运动场;
barleycorns：大麦的粒
distinctly：adv.明显地;无疑地;确实地;逼真;
surrounded：adj.（后面与by,with连用）被…环绕着的;v.围绕;包围( surround的过去式和过去分词 );与…紧密相关;喜欢结交（某类人）;