Little mouse with fur
Zanele Ndlovu
Aruna Keerthi Gamage

A naughty little mouse with fur was sitting on the fence, watching the house of the Zwane family.

It was thinking about how it would get inside the house to be naughty!

We all know that mice are very naughty.

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The naughty little mouse soon found a way inside the house. It climbed on a table and found a computer.

It started chewing the cable.

Do you see the naughtiness we are talking about?

Just think about long teeth biting on the computer cable!

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Suddenly, a voice cried, "Don't bite that cable! The cable is my tail! You are hurting me!"

The naughty little mouse with fur looked around to see who was speaking. It asked, "Who are you?"

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The computer mouse answered, "I am the computer mouse. I stay here, this is my home."

The naughty little mouse with fur laughed. "How can you say you are a mouse? I am a real mouse. You don't look like me."

"I will show you how a real mouse behaves," said the naughty little mouse with fur.

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It ran to the kitchen and stole a piece of cheese cake. It said, "Do you know how to eat cake? You don't even have a mouth!"

While cracking with laughter.

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The computer mouse pressed itself.

Click, a picture of a large cake appeared on the computer screen.

The naughty little mouse with fur was impressed.

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It thought for a moment, and then looked around the desk. It saw a pencil.

The naughty little mouse with fur picked up the pencil and started chewing it.

What a mess! Little pieces of pencil fell all over the desk.

The naughty little mouse was pleased with itself. "Look at what a real mouse can do to wood!"

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The computer mouse pressed itself again. Click. "Look at what I can do to wood," it said.

Tree stumps and logs appeared on the computer screen.

"Wow," said the naughty little mouse with fur. It was even more impressed.

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The naughty little mouse with fur asked the computer mouse, "Can you dance?"

The naughty little mouse started to dance.

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It was so busy enjoying itself, that it didn't notice the house cat looking up at the table.

The cat sprung on the table!

"Today I am going to show you who I am!" meowed the cat as it reached for the naughty little mouse.

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The naughty little mouse with fur was terrified and started running. "Help, help!" it squeaked.

The computer mouse pressed itself. Click, a video of a barking dog appeared on the computer screen. "Woof, woof!"

The cat got a fright. It jumped off the table and ran away.

The naughty little mouse with fur was safe.

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The naughty little mouse with fur hugged the computer mouse.

"Thank you, you saved my life!" it said to the computer mouse.

The little mouse with fur was now behaving.

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Little mouse with fur
Author - Zanele Ndlovu
Translation - Zanele Ndlovu
Illustration - Aruna Keerthi Gamage
Language - English
Level - Read aloud