2022_영미문학읽기

C Read the following story from Aesop’s Fables and answer the questions. Q1. Answer the questions about the characters from the box below. 1. Who served wheat stalks, roots, and acorns, with a dash of cold water for a drink? 2. Who gave the moral of the story? The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse A town mouse once visited a relative who lived in the country. For lunch, the country mouse served wheat stalks, roots, and acorns, with a dash of cold water for a drink. After the meal, the mice had a long talk, or rather the town mouse talked about his life in the city while the country mouse listened. They then went to bed in a comfortable nest in the countryside and slept in quiet and comfort until the next morning. In his sleep, the country mouse dreamed of living a city life. The next day, when the town mouse asked the country mouse to go home with him to the city, he gladly said yes. When they reached the town house in which the town mouse dwelled, they found on the table in the dining room the remains of a very fine meal. Just as the country mouse was about to eat a little bit of bread, he heard a cat cry loudly and scratch at the door. In great fear, the mice hurried to a hiding place, where they lay quite still for a long time, scarcely daring to breathe. After a while, the country mouse returned to the town mouse’s place only long enough to pick up his carpet bag and umbrella. “You may have luxuries and dainties that I have not,” he said as he hurried away, “but I prefer my plain food and simple life in the country with the peace and security that go with it.” the country mouse the town mouse Q2. The story above is giving a lesson to us. Think about what it is and complete the sentence. It is important to . 11