A field mouse. Source: Pixabay
The Giant Crab and Other Tales From Old India by W. H. D. Rouse.
There was a mouse that had a great amount of hidden treasure in a hidden hole in a field. The farmer who owned the land the mouse lived on would be nice to the mouse and give him cheese sometimes even though he didn't know about the treasure. The mouse wanted to repay the farmer so every day he would give him a golden sovereign and the farmer would buy meat in town and give some to the mouse. The mouse soon got very fat. This attracted a lazy mouse who wanted to eat him. The mouse agrees to give him the meat the farmer would give him and soon the mouse became thin. The farmer asks him what is wrong and the mouse tells him his situation. The farmer gives him an ink vile to hide in and when the mouse refused the cat the next time the cat ate the ink vile with the mouse and died. The mouse crawled out of the vile and lived happily with the farmer the rest of the his life.
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