Five-minute Stories The Ugly Duckling and other stories

The Cat and
the Mouse
By the Brothers Grimm
N
ow this is the tale of a wily cat and a foolish
mouse. The mouse lived in a bare mouse hole
under the pulpit in the church. The cat lived on an
old cushion in the vestry. They had met on several
occasions, the mouse usually whisking herself away
very fast to the safety of her hole. She did not like
the look of the cat’s claws.
One day, the cat called on the mouse at home.
“Miss mouse,” a purry voice said, “why don’t you
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