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El ratón de la corte y el del campo

by Félix María Samaniego · Edition 1

A fable from Samaniego’s eighteenth-century collection: two mice discover that abundant food comes with a cost. The court is the city where the monarch and royal household lived. The story invites reflection on comfort and peace of mind.

Spanish prose adaptations by Read Spanish Daily, prepared with AI assistance and owner approval. These versions retell one fable; they are not the original verse or the complete collection.

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Adapted from El ratón de la corte y el del campo, by Félix María Samaniego.

Spanish prose adaptations by Read Spanish Daily, prepared with AI assistance and owner approval. These versions retell one fable; they are not the original verse or the complete collection.

Fábulas en verso castellano, volume I, book I, fable VIII. Madrid: Oficina de Cano, 1818, pages 9–10. Original Spanish text in the public domain.

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