Once upon a time there was a little mouse who was very vain. One day he was sweeping his little house when he suddenly found something on the floor that shone: it was a gold coin. The little mouse picked it up from the ground and happily began to think what the coin would buy.
“I know, I’ll buy candy. Oh no, my teeth will fall out. Well, I’ll buy cakes. Oh no! my tummy will hurt. I know, I’ll buy a little red bow for my tail.”
The little mouse put the coin in his pocket and went to the market. Once in the market she asked the shopkeeper for a piece of her best red ribbon. He bought it and went back to his little house.
The next day, the little mouse put the bow on her tail and went out to the balcony of her house so that everyone could admire her. In that a rooster appears and says:
— Rat, rat you who are so pretty, do you want to marry me?
And the little mouse said:
—I don’t know, I don’t know, what noise do you make at night?
“I crow like this: quiquiriqui,” replied the rooster.
“Oh, no! I won’t marry you, I’m scared, I’m scared,” replied the little mouse with a very indifferent tone.
The rooster left and the dog appeared:
— Rat, rat you who are so pretty, do you want to marry me?
And the little mouse said:
—I don’t know, I don’t know, what noise do you make at night?
“I bark like this: woof, woof,” replied the dog.
“Oh, no! I won’t marry you, I’m scared, I’m scared,” replied the little mouse without even looking at him.
The dog left and the pig appeared.
— Rat, rat you who are so pretty, do you want to marry me?
And the little mouse said:
—I don’t know, I don’t know, what noise do you make at night?
“I growl like this: oinc, oinc,” answered the pig.
“Oh, no! I won’t marry you, I’m scared, I’m scared,” replied the little mouse with great displeasure.
The pig disappears where it came from, a white cat arrives and says to the little mouse:
— Rat, rat you who are so pretty, do you want to marry me?
And the little mouse said:
—I don’t know, I don’t know, what noise do you make at night?
“I meow like this: meow, meow,” replied the cat with a very sweet meow.
“Oh, yes! I will marry you, you have a very sweet meow.”
The little rat, very excited, approached the cat to give him a hug and he, without losing the opportunity to get a good bite, pounced on her and almost caught her with a single claw.
The little mouse jumped up and ran as fast as he could. If it weren’t for the fact that the little mouse was not only smug but also very lucky, this would have been a very sad story.
And colorin colorado this story is over.