Aesop’s fable The City Mouse and the Country Mouse tells a moral that has existed for a long time, which says, “It is better to live in self-sufficient poverty than to be tormented by the worries of wealth.” (The Norton Anthology World Literature, pg. 633) In other words, wealth will not permanently provide happiness or solve all problems, and wealth can frequently create additional unhappiness and worry. As this fable tells the reader, the country mouse did not have the finest food to eat or an elegant place to live, but the mouse felt safe and comfortable with his lifestyle in the country. However, when the county mouse traveled to the city, the mouse became unhappy and worried and the mouse missed living in the country where he did not
