A Pet Reader

Chapter 100: Our White Mice

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About This Book

Aimed at beginning readers, this collection presents short poems and simple prose about household and farm animals, including dogs, cats, birds, poultry, horses, rabbits, and small pets. Brief anecdotes, descriptive pieces, and rhymes portray everyday pet behavior, care tasks, and gentle moral lessons about kindness and responsibility toward animals. Sections group similar creatures and alternate playful vignettes with practical tips for feeding, housing, and helping wildlife. Illustrative scenes and accessible language support early reading and introduce empathy for animals.

Our White Mice

We had some white mice for pets.

We kept them in a wire cage.

The white mice ran round and round the cage.

They liked to ride on the merry-go-round that was in the cage.

They worked the merry-go-round, and made it go round and round.

One day we went away.

We forgot to fasten the door of the cage.

The white mice got out.

When we came back, we looked for them.

But we never found them again.

You may be sure that we were sorry to lose them.

Next time I shall be more careful with my pets.