BR 1-10: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

“ There was once a little brown country mouse. ”
“ His name was Pipin. He lived in a house in a hedge. ” (p.2-3)

The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

I choose this book, because I watched classmate's book review. I want to read this book from that time. This book's cover is cute. I think that this book is difficult, because it is level four in Usborne first reading series. I had read level three before, but I had not read level four. However I could understand this book. I read this book at first, I thought that a story is little difficult. The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse is one of Aesop's Fables. These are a collection of short stories first told in Ancient Greece around 4,000 years ago. Beatrix Potter retold the story in The Tale of Jobnny Town Mouse. 

I thought that this story is wonderful, because it has a lot of important things. It is important for people, I think. There are Town people and Country people, so it is same to people and mouse. Almost people say Town is cool and Country is not cool, but is that true? I think it is not true. When I read this book, there are Town mouse and Country mouse in this book. They are Town mouse and Country mouse. Country mouse's name is Pipin. Town mouse is his cousin. I think that Country mouse is so cool more than Town mouse. Which life is more enriched?

Pipin lives Country, nothing convenience things in there. However his life is enriched, I think. In there, there are many foods, many flowers and a lot of nature. He spends with many lives every day, I think. So his life is enriched, I think so too. On the other hand, Town mouse spend with many artificial things every day. For example, it is many buildings. It is convenience for living, but it is not nature. So Town life leaves to nature. However we want to spend like Town life, but Country life is wonderful more than Town life. I think so too.

This book is one of Usborne first reading series. This book is level four, so it is little difficult. However this book's contents are good, and sentences are short. So this book is easy to read, I think. This story was retold by Susanna Davidson, illustrated by Jacqueline East. It is little long story ( about 50 pages ) but I think that it is easy to read. I recommend you to read this book. Please read it.

Davidson, Susanna. (2007). The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse. London, England: Usborne.

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