Once there were two mice, a city mouse and a country mouse. They were distant relatives. One day the city mouse,     1     lived in a big house wrote a letter to the country mouse inviting him for a visit.

Delighted, the country mouse accepted the     2     (invite) and came to the city mouse's house. He was greeted by the city mouse     3     (cheerful). The country mouse was     4     (surprise) how big the house was. The city mouse was pleased and led the country mouse to the kitchen. When    5     climbed up the table, there was a large piece of bread, fruit and cheese     6     it. But just as they began to eat, they heard a great noise. The city mouse cried, "Run! Run! The cat     7     (come)!” They ran away quickly and hid,     8     (breath) heavily after hiding in the mouse-hole, the country mouse said to the city mouse, "I should go back to my house in the country. Even if I eat nothing but beans, I can live     9     (peace).Why don't you come with me to the country? It is     10     (nice) to be poor and happy than to be rich and afraid."