Selected American and British Poems
by FCIT
“The City Mouse and the Garden Mouse”
by Christina Rossetti
Additional Information
- Year Published: 0
- Language: English
- Country of Origin: England
- Source: Walter Barnes, ed., Types of Children’s Literature: A Collection of the World’s Best Literature for Children, For Use in Colleges, Normal Schools and Library Schools
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Readability:
- Flesch–Kincaid Level: 2.0
- Word Count: 67
- Genre: Poetry
- Keywords: difference and indifference
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The city mouse lives in a house;—
The garden mouse lives in a bower,
He’s friendly with the frogs and toads,
And sees the pretty plants in flower.
The city mouse eats bread and cheese;—
The garden mouse eats what he can;
We will not grudge him seeds and stalks,
Poor little timid furry man.