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Related: Culture Forums, Support ForumsIs The Town Mouse, The Country Mouse early propaganda for superiority of rural life?
It's an extremely old tale with many variations in different countries and eras.
(Read up on it to supplement what I remember reading yrs ago as a kid.)
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Is The Town Mouse, The Country Mouse early propaganda for superiority of rural life? (Original Post)
bobbieinok
Feb 2019
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Ptah
(32,984 posts)1. propaganda?
handmade34
(22,755 posts)2. yup.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)3. At least 1 version teaches setting low goals, expectations
In that one the country mouse is envious but after being chased by a cat in town decides to stay at home and be content with the simple life.
One could claim the moral of that version is that the lower classes shouldn't desire to rise above their station.
It's a bit of fun to examine various kid stories and try to figure out why that particular tale was told at that particular time.
LawnKorn
(1,137 posts)4. Have you heard Harry's version?