The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse
Classic contrast of rustic simplicity versus urban luxury; 'Better beans and bacon in peace than cakes and ale in fear.'
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From Aesop's Fables by Aesop
A country mouse visits his town cousin, finds luxury comes with peril, and returns home preferring simple safety to anxious abundance.
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