The Conceited Mouse () By: Ella Foster Case Vocabulary: Notes: dairymaid – a woman who works with milk products cunning – clever inconvenient – makes things harder The Conceited Mouse Once upon a time there was a very small mouse with a 1 very, very large opinion of himself. What he didn’t know his 2 own grandmother couldn’t tell him. 3 “You’d better keep a bright eye in your head, these days,” 4 said she, one chilly afternoon. “Your gran’ther has smelled 5 a trap.” 6 “Scat!” answered the small mouse—“’s if I don’t know a 7 trap when I see it!” And that was all the thanks she got for 8 her good advice. 9 “Go your own way, for you will go no other,” the wise old 10
The Conceited Mouse () By: Ella Foster Case Vocabulary: dairymaid – a woman who works with milk products cunning – clever inconvenient – makes things harder Notes: The Conceited Mouse 1 Once upon a time there was a very small mouse with a 2 very, very large opinion of himself. What he didn’t know his 3 own grandmother couldn’t tell him. 4 “You’d better keep a bright eye in your head, these days,” 5 said she, one chilly afternoon. “Your gran’ther has smelled 6 a trap.” 7 “Scat!” answered the small mouse—“’s if I don’t know a 8 trap when I see it!” And that was all the thanks she got for 9 her good advice. 10 “Go your own way, for you will go no other,” the wise old
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