THE CAT AND THE MOUSE

! OH, HOW CUTE AND HANDSOME YOU ARE, SAID MICHIFUZ, VERY CAT-A CAT, A MOUSE. COME WITH ME, ANGEL, COME... NOT GO, NO, HIS MOTHER ADVISED HIM, YOU KNOWEST NOT THE WILES OF THIS SCOUNDREL.- COME, MY BOY, YOU SEE, INSISTED THE CAT. LOOK AT THIS!...CHEESE AND WALNUTS !EVERYTHING WILL BE FOR YOU! WILL I MOM?-NO FENCES, SON . BE WISE AND OBEDIENT. I'LL GIVE THIS CAKE AND MANY OTHERS THINGS, CONTINUED INTRIGUING. LET ME GO, MOTHER, BEGGED THE MOUSE. I REPEAT, SAPPY, DO NOT GO. NOTHING WILL MAKE ME, MOM. I WANT TO TRY A BIT ...AND, WITHOUT HIS MOTHER COULD STOP HIM, CAME THE LITTLE MOUSE FROM ITS HOLE. AFTER A WHILE HE HEARD CRIES: ! HELP ME, HELP ME MOM! I STRANGLED THE CAT! OH, READERS IT WAS TOO LATE, THE MOTHER COULD DO NOTHING TO SAVE HIM. THE MOUSE'S DISOBEDIENCE HAD LOST, THIS TIME FOREVER. " OBEY YOUR FATHER AND YOUR MOTHER AND LIVE VERY HAPPY, MY SON:"