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The Frog and the Mouse

Hello, everyone. We are the Little Seed Book Club（小种子书友队）.We all like reading and acting.Today, we will give you a wonderful story. I hope you will like it.

Our members

Vincent

A good book is a good friend.

Flower

Reading a good book is just like having a conversation with the highly worthy person of the past.

Jack

Faith can move mountains.

Joseph

Reading a good book is just like having a conversation with the highly worthy person of the past.

Junjun

Reading ten thousand books is like traveling ten thousand miles.

T-J

Reading is a kind of spirit. A single word is worth a thousand pieces of gold.

Story content

The Frog and the Mouse

One day a Mouse goes to play at a nearby pond. There he meets a Frog. They start playing together and become instant friends.

Frog: We are best friends, aren’t we, Mouse?

Mouse: Of course, we are. Why do you ask?

Frog: Well then, let’s always be together.

Mouse: How can we do that?

Frog: I have an idea. Let’s tie our legs together with a string. Then we can go everywhere together. How about it? Don’t you think it’ll be fun?

Mouse: Wow! That’s an interesting idea. But it might be dangerous.

Frog: How come?

Mouse: Someone might get hurt.

Frog: You worry too much. No one will get hurt. It’ll be fun. Let’s try it.

Mouse: Okay. If you insist.

The Frog and the Mouse tie their legs together. They go everywhere together and do everything together.

Mouse: I’m hungry. Let’s go to the corn field. I want to eat some corn.

Frog: Fine. Let’s go, but don’t run. It’s hard to follow you.

Mouse: Oh, I’m sorry. I didn’t know.

The Frog watches while the Mouse eats.

Mouse: Hey Frog, what shall we do next?

Frog: I don’t know. Let me think. What can we do? Hmm… Ah ha! I’ve got it!

Mouse: What is it?

Frog: Let’s play at my house.

Mouse: Where is your house?

Frog: It’s right over there.

Mouse: I can’t go there.

Frog: Why not?

Mouse: Because it’s underwater. I can’t breathe underwater. I can’t even swim well.

Frog: Oh, I didn’t know. Then I’ll teach you. Just hold on to me. You won’t drown. Besides, your legs are tied to mine.

Mouse: Will it be safe?

Frog: Of course, it’ll be safe.

Mouse: Are you sure?

Frog: Come on. Just follow me.

Mouse: Don’t jump in!!!

The Frog doesn’t listen to the Mouse. He just jumps into the pond. The Mouse drinks a lot of water.

Mouse: I told you not to jump in!

Frog: I’m sorry. I didn’t hear you. Are you okay?

Mouse: Yes, but next time be careful.

Frog: All right. Now let’s swim to my house. Just hold on to me.

Mouse: Hey, this is fun. I like swimming.

Frog: I told you.

The Frog and the Mouse swim for a while.

Mouse：I’m tire now. I want to go out.

Frog: Come on, Mouse. Let’s swim a little more. I’m not tired. I’m having fun.

Mouse: It’s getting late. I don’t want to swim anymore.

The Frog and the Mouse fight. The frog gets mad and does as he pleases.

Frog: I don’t want to be your friend anymore. You can go if you want.

Mouse: But how can I? My legs are tied to yours.

Frog: That’s too bad!

The Frog just jumps into the water again. This time he doesn’t come out for a long time.

Frog: Hey, Mouse, are you okay? There is no answer.

Frog: I guess he’s dead. Too bad. I’ll just keep swimming.

The Frog doesn’t care about the dead Mouse. He just continues to swim underwater. Then a Hawk flies by.

Hawk: Ha, ha, ha. Look down there! There’s a dead Mouse. I must eat it for dinner.

The Hawk comes down fast. It snatches the Mouse and goes up again.

Frog: Hey, what happened! I’m flying!

The Frog looks up and sees the Hawk.

Frog: I’m not a Mouse! Let me go!

Hawk: Oh, I didn’t know you were there. What luck! Now I can eat a Mouse and a Frog for dinner.

Frog: No! No! Please, let me go!

The Frog tries to untie the string but fails. The Hawk eats both of them.

MORAL

If you harm others, you will also be harmed.

END

总　监 | 李　莹

主　编 | 肖文晶

副主编 | 徐千慧

校　稿 | 谢小莹

　　撰　稿 | 林子煜妈妈

　　　图　片 | 小种子书友队

　美工编辑 | 林子煜妈妈

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