There lived a little mouse in the tundra. One day she was sitting in her hole, brewing tea on the fireplace and waiting for the fox to visit.
The fox went into the hole. The mouse said:
- You came!
- Yeah! - answered the fox. - Let's play while the tea boils!
- No, wait a little, let's drink tea first!
The fox got angry and wanted to leave. The mouse was afraid that the fox would leave, and agreed.
- How will we play? - asked the mouse. - Let's jump.
They started jumping. The fox jumped higher. The mouse lost.
- Let's fight! - said the mouse. The fox crushed the mouse, and the mouse got really angry and bit the fox painfully on the leg.
They began to argue - who defeated whom? They argued and argued, but nothing was decided. Mouse says:
- Let's play hide and seek - whoever finds who is the winner!
They argued for a long time about who would hide first. The fox out-argued the mouse.
The fox hid and left its fluffy tail outside. The mouse pulled the fox out by the tail. Then the mouse hid. The fox looked for her for half a day, did not find her, and said to the mouse:
- At least give me a voice!
The mouse immediately answered:
- I'm here!
The fox rushed towards the voice, but the mouse was no longer there. So the mouse shouted: “I’m here!” - and ran from one place to another, and the fox chased the mouse for another half a day, until it fell near the fireplace, sticking out its tongues, barely catching its breath.
- Come out, you won! - said the fox to the mouse.
Translated from Russian · original on wisdomlib.ru