The Country Mouse and the City Mouse

In the children's story, there once was a City Mouse and a Country Mouse. 

  Once upon a time, there was a City Mouse. Her name was Teeny and she was not a mouse, but a 4 year old girl. She was so City that she lived on cement and asphalt. Not really lived, but she did spend a lot of time in that big place called Salt Lake City

-- because it was near a big Salt Lake, too salty to drink, but salty enough to float in.

Teeny would ride her tricycle around the sidewalks and visit the stores that lined them.  She wore a coverall with a logo, or name, on the back of it. It said " Wingfoot," so of course she was also called Wingfoot. It was a sign of the Goodyear Tire Co. which was across the street from her father's gas station. Mostly she was called Teeny. 

 There were no other houses around there in the city,and no friends. She had her armful of dolls and stuffed animals, but no friends! What to do? Teeny, or Wingfoot, had a make believe friend though, which she named Margaret Jean. 

They played together often. 

 One day, Teeny's father decided to plant some flowers around the curb of his gas station so that it would look pretty.

It did. In fact it looked  so pretty that Teeny thought that some of those flowers would be a nice gift for her mother. 

 As  she was picking the flowers, she noticed that they seemed to stick to the dirt. She tugged and tugged and pulled them up! Teeny shook off the dirt and took them in the house and put them in a bottle of water-- like she had seen her mother do. She was so happy that she had done a good deed, and would make her mama happy. 

 Later that day, Teeny's daddy saw her out on her tricycle and asked her if she knew who pulled up his beautiful flowers? Oh yes, she said, it was Margaret Jean. Seeing the look on his face had somehow warned her that maybe it had not been such a good idea. Margaret Jean had been known to be a trouble maker, or at least she could be naughty.

  "Well' said her daddy, " would you please tell Margaret Jean that she did something very bad, and she should never do that again?"  Teeny was only too happy to tell him that she would give the message to her naughty friend. 

 Teen was sorry for what her friend had done, and she felt bad. She decided that Margaret Jean would have to go, as she was a bad influence.

 

 Teeny never played with  Margaret Jean again. She didn't need to, because now she had a new friend-- Kathleen! She was a very nice girl, and always  tried to do what was right.

 Remember, always tell the truth, even if it gets your friends in trouble. 

 The End