Two Mice

Author: Aruna Keerthi Gamage

Illustrator: Aruna Keerthi Gamage

Translator: Rose Larsen

One day, a little mouse climbed onto the table to explore. "Oooh, yum! This looks tasty."

"Oww! Owww! Who’s hurting me?" cried a voice.

"Who are you?" asked the mouse.

"I’m a mouse," was the response.

"But I'm a mouse."

"I’m a mouse too."

The first mouse laughed.

"Haha! What kind of a mouse are you?

What can you do?"

The mouse ran to the kitchen and brought back some cake.

"Look! This is what a mouse can do.

A real mouse can eat cake. YOU can't."

"Little mouse, watch and learn," responded the other mouse.

She pulled up a picture of cake on the computer screen.

The first mouse was unconvinced.

"You can’t do what a real mouse can do."

He picked up a pencil from the desk and chewed at it.

"Look at what I did to this pencil - this is what a real mouse can do!"

The other mouse pulled up a picture of some logs onto the screen.

"I can do more than that. Look!"

"Well, can you dance like me?" asked the first mouse.

Suddenly, the house cat appeared, hissing.

"OH NO! Help!" cried the first mouse.

"What do I do? What do I do?" the first mouse cried, running away.

The other mouse acted quickly, bringing up a video of a barking dog on the screen to scare the cat away.

"BOW! BOW! BOW!"

The first mouse gave the other mouse a hug.

"Thank you! You saved my life. You’re a good mouse, just like me."

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This story:Two Miceis translated byRose Larsen. The © for this translation lies with Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Based on Original story:'எலியும் எலியும்', byAruna Keerthi Gamage. © Room to Read , 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.

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Cover page:A mouse looks at a house from a distance, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 2:A mouse chews on a computer wire, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 3:A mouse looks at a wire, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 4:A mouse talks to a computer mouse, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 5:A mouse laughs, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 6:A mouse holds a piece of food, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 7:A mouse looks at a picture of a cake on a computer, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 8:A mouse points at a pencil, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 9:A mouse chews on a pencil, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 10:A mouse looks at a picture of deforestation on a computer, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Page 11:A mouse dances, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 12:A cat attacks a mouse, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 13:A cat chases a mouse, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 14:A cat is afraid of a dog on a computer, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 15:A mouse hugs a computer mouse, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Page 16:A mouse looks into a room with a computer, byAruna Keerthi Gamage© Room to Read, 2016. Some rights reserved. Released under CC BY 4.0 license.Disclaimer:https://www.storyweaver.org.in/terms_and_conditions

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Two Mice (English)

One day, a real mouse met a computer mouse. Suddenly, a cat began to chase the real mouse and tried to catch him. What happened next?

This is a Level 2 book for children who recognize familiar words and can read new words with help.

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