The cat that went tingling.

Hello, this is Jana, and I'm here with two fables by Aesop.

Aesop lived in ancient Greece and wrote stories with morals, such as the boy who cried wolf,

or the hair and the tortoise.

I'm sure you've heard of them, and we have versions here on story Nori.

I'm now going to tell you two of his not quite so famous fables, but they are still really

fun.

They're probably more for our younger listeners.

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At first, here's the story of the cat that went tingling.

A family of mice lived in an old house.

When I say a family, I mean a big family, with lots of cousins and second cousins and

third cousins, not to mention aunties and shanties and relations whose names I'm not

even sure of.

Fortunately, the house was large, and the family of humans who lived there like to eat

well.

They were always well-stocked with cheese, ham, crackers, granary bread, biscuits, apples,

cakes, and lentils, pulses, and all the things that mice like to eat, just as much as humans

do.

At night, there were plenty of delicious crumbs in the kitchen and dining room, just waiting

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