The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

For the broader theme, see The Country Mouse and the City Mouse.

Aesop's Fables (1912), illustrated by Arthur Rackham.

"The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse" is one of Aesop's Fables. It is number 352 in the Perry Index and type 112 in Aarne–Thompson's folk tale index.[1][2] Like several other elements in Aesop's fables, "town mouse and country mouse" has become an English idiom.

  1. ^ Aarne, Antti; Thompson, Stith. The types of the folktale: a classification and bibliography. Folklore Fellows Communications FFC no. 184. Helsinki: Academia Scientiarum Fennica, 1961. p. 45.
  2. ^ D. L. Ashliman, Town Mouse and Country Mouse: fables of Aarne–Thompson type 112